Good morning community,
We are planning to install stair lighting as shown in the attached image, marked in yellow, using an LED strip that follows the incline of the stairs. Based on everything I have read here so far, I thought the idea of installing a flush-mounted channel directly onto the stone, which the plasterer would then level flush during plastering, would not be too difficult to achieve.
However, we had a construction meeting today with our electrician and site manager, and both expressed serious concerns that this would be a huge effort or might even be technically infeasible. Their concern, as far as I understood, is that when plastering this high and long wall spanning two floors, there will inevitably be variations in plaster thickness due to the construction method, making it almost impossible to install the channel evenly and flush along the entire length. Additionally, the plasterer’s workload would be much greater, which means higher costs for us, so they advise against this option for that reason alone. Both recommend a surface-mounted solution, although they agree with us that the flush-mounted version would obviously look better.
They gave us very good advice today, and I think we have come up with a great electrical plan… I believe they were simply a bit unsure about the LED stair lighting strip.
Do you have suggestions on the best way to implement the LED strip? Should it definitely be flush-mounted, or would a surface-mounted solution be simpler? Or would it perhaps be easier from a craftsmanship perspective to use several vertical LED strips that follow the stair incline?
Additionally, I have a question about whether it’s possible to plan a Hue Lightstrip here, or if it would be better to use conventional LED strips.
Thanks in advance for your advice and help!!
We are planning to install stair lighting as shown in the attached image, marked in yellow, using an LED strip that follows the incline of the stairs. Based on everything I have read here so far, I thought the idea of installing a flush-mounted channel directly onto the stone, which the plasterer would then level flush during plastering, would not be too difficult to achieve.
However, we had a construction meeting today with our electrician and site manager, and both expressed serious concerns that this would be a huge effort or might even be technically infeasible. Their concern, as far as I understood, is that when plastering this high and long wall spanning two floors, there will inevitably be variations in plaster thickness due to the construction method, making it almost impossible to install the channel evenly and flush along the entire length. Additionally, the plasterer’s workload would be much greater, which means higher costs for us, so they advise against this option for that reason alone. Both recommend a surface-mounted solution, although they agree with us that the flush-mounted version would obviously look better.
They gave us very good advice today, and I think we have come up with a great electrical plan… I believe they were simply a bit unsure about the LED stair lighting strip.
Do you have suggestions on the best way to implement the LED strip? Should it definitely be flush-mounted, or would a surface-mounted solution be simpler? Or would it perhaps be easier from a craftsmanship perspective to use several vertical LED strips that follow the stair incline?
Additionally, I have a question about whether it’s possible to plan a Hue Lightstrip here, or if it would be better to use conventional LED strips.
Thanks in advance for your advice and help!!
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