Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 5Feb 11, 2014 9:22 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Lighting/electrical after handover 7Feb 12, 2014 5:59 pm Dewish bpratt Seems the OP wants to simply get in to their own house as cheaply as they can, i.e. not paying top dollar to the building company to put in the lighting that they desire, and when they move in after handover, they can splurge on just the right lights to suit themselves. You got it. That's the aim! So putting in a batten per "switch"at the start is going to be the cheapest way with the builder and then adding to that "circuit switch" with what lights I want. That's exactly what we did, cost us less than half of what it would have with the builder. 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 28819 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 8587 |