Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Apr 10, 2013 6:29 pm It has been suggested as we build the new house we should get builder to put in lighting bayonets, and then get an electician later to convert bayonets to recess lights at a later stage. It was suggested this would be cheaper and relatively easy for the electrician. Has anyone any experience or thoughts on this? Re: New house lighting 2Apr 11, 2013 9:32 am It will certainly be cheaper now as it saves the electrician from having to spend time with you nutting out where you want these recessed lights. Plus when you remove the 'bayonet connection' (I assume you mean batten holders) you will have holes in your ceiling to patch and paint. Not all ceiling paint is identical in colour and knowing sparky's habit of marking the ceiling with their grubby hands, you could be up for repainting the ceilings Arfur Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1. optional, you can but normally just use the earth from the main switch board 2. should be enough but the distance determines voltage drop - sparky should work it… 1 28817 I have a really long hallway which is 1100mm W x 11500mm L I would appreciate if anyone can give suggestions to light it up with Linear LED lights that goes from wall to… 0 8820 What? It's a lighting question, the control joint is only needed at 12m centres, a bulkhead or change of direction will suffice as a 'break' in the ceiling, just make… 8 8584 |