Long hallway lighting suggestions

Is skylight an option?

I've seen the second one before but it was at a commercial data centre, looks cool for a tech facility but I'm not sure about doing it in your home unless it's an underground hallway.

My advice is you can never get enough natural light in a home.

How long is your hallway?

Make sure that if its over 12m make sure control joints are installed per the Redbook.

Control joints are to be installed:

To coincide with control joints in the supporting frame. (should be marked on plans for all to know)

At changes of framing type or framing direction. (truss design and plans should be updated to show this)

In continuous interior ceiling areas lined with plasterboard, spaced at no more than 12m centres in both directions. Like  ⋅  Add a comment  ⋅  Pin to Ideaboard  ⋅  Share

On the linear lights - there is an easy way i used to do this in some of the houses i have built (attached detail). I used them in the backs of wardrobes to "illuminate clothes" for my wife - so the "colours would POP". Either that or we are both blind as bats and need all the extra lighting just to see anything.

Ulrich sells a recessed aluminium extrusion with light cover. The EXRS03 is the one i have used. From memory it comes in 2400mm lengths so you can cut it down to whatever length you need. They can be fiddly to install, you need to cut two parallel lines then bond it into the gap. Or you can install them like the detail attached, add two trimmers either side to give you the recess depth. They also have a corner profile EXCR01 etc in the ot Like  ⋅  Add a comment  ⋅  Pin to Ideaboard  ⋅  Share

her image if your locating the light in the corners.

The main thing to think about is where to stick the transformer. The tails of the LED can be extended, and normally they stick the transformer behind the light switch that operates it.

I have always found these to be the most economical and good-looking ways to finish LED strip lights.

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On the Gyprock CJ's

You would only need one in the ceiling as you have plenty of breaks in the wall length over the hallway. Im sure your builders will put one in, its very common practice. They wont figure it in the truss design. It would just be a symbol on the floor plan with an arrow sayin "CJ" - not many builders seem to put them on the plans but the plasterers are generally on the ball with it. The framers just need to run two joists parallel across the ceiling in the location. A super simple job, non structural.

At frame stage, when they measured the gyprock, the gyprock measurer puts crayon marks on the slabs, arrows and sheets sizes to show the installers how they measured the boards (so they install them in the same way as measured).

They will write CJ on the slab where its needed and put two parallel lines on the slab in the location (or just write CJ). If you dont see it, just ask your super/builder where its located and say "cause you want in a "less obtrusive location" or something like that as a conversation starter

Here is the bit from the Rondo Installation Manual taking about ceiling control joints, so you know im not making this up

"Control joints allow for expansion and contraction movements in buildings. Rondo P35 Control Joint section should
also be used when a building board surface abuts a dissimilar wall assembly. It is also recommended by the building
board manufacturers that Rondo P35 Control Joints are installed when continuous ceiling lengths exceed 12m in any direction."

The detail is identical to the wall detail but with different words

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Thanks for the kind words but I can only be half useful.

I’m a bit of a meathead when it comes to all things design and colours.

I’ve attached some images of the recessed led inside a wardrobe. As you can see I don’t major in photography either.

I remember installing them wasnt fun and cutting the gyprock dead straight without tearing the paper was harder than it should have been.

There is another light fitting I came across and put in the current house I’m in, you can order these in different lengths too. I think the one in The photos is 2100mm.

I google a few variations and found these suppliers

https://zlights.com.au/collections/linear-collection

This company looks cool and they are located in Beecroft NSW

https://smithandsmithlighting.com.au/pa ... ng-experts

This black light fitting is easy to install, you can trim the support wires to any length you like. It’s called a led pendant and it’s like this one

I hope this helps you out.

https://onlinelighting.com.au/proline-1 ... k-3.0.html


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