Hello,
could you please help me with the placement and selection of recessed ceiling downlights?
I get the impression that some users here have a lot of knowledge. This is a bit overwhelming for me.
It concerns recessed downlights in the precast concrete ceiling, whose positions I need to determine before the ceiling is installed. The holes cost 130 Euro each without the fixtures. I find that quite expensive and therefore don’t want to go overboard with spotlights in the house.
I would like to have recessed lights only in the ground floor hallway and cloakroom. I want good illumination and don’t want to plan too many or too few. I want to be on the safe side!
I deliberately don’t call them spots, because I don’t want directional lighting. As I have learned from posts here, I want a wider beam angle and therefore floodlights. Which manufacturers are good for this? I was thinking dimmable, as I do not plan any other lighting in the hallway besides the recessed downlights.
How would you position the lights, and how many do I need?
The hallway is 5.47 m (18 feet) long from the front door to the living room wall. The dimension from the utility room wall to the end of the cloakroom / WC wall is 4.31 m (14 feet). The wardrobe cabinets probably go up to the ceiling, which changes the center of the room. I read that when planning lighting, the room center is not defined wall to wall but from the cabinet front to the opposite wall.
Thank you very much in advance!!!
Attached is an idea of mine. Does this work like this?
could you please help me with the placement and selection of recessed ceiling downlights?
I get the impression that some users here have a lot of knowledge. This is a bit overwhelming for me.
It concerns recessed downlights in the precast concrete ceiling, whose positions I need to determine before the ceiling is installed. The holes cost 130 Euro each without the fixtures. I find that quite expensive and therefore don’t want to go overboard with spotlights in the house.
I would like to have recessed lights only in the ground floor hallway and cloakroom. I want good illumination and don’t want to plan too many or too few. I want to be on the safe side!
I deliberately don’t call them spots, because I don’t want directional lighting. As I have learned from posts here, I want a wider beam angle and therefore floodlights. Which manufacturers are good for this? I was thinking dimmable, as I do not plan any other lighting in the hallway besides the recessed downlights.
How would you position the lights, and how many do I need?
The hallway is 5.47 m (18 feet) long from the front door to the living room wall. The dimension from the utility room wall to the end of the cloakroom / WC wall is 4.31 m (14 feet). The wardrobe cabinets probably go up to the ceiling, which changes the center of the room. I read that when planning lighting, the room center is not defined wall to wall but from the cabinet front to the opposite wall.
Thank you very much in advance!!!
Attached is an idea of mine. Does this work like this?
Yes, that’s how I would do it as well, with a wide beam angle. However, I wouldn’t plan to use MR16 or GU10 lamps (or any other similar types) anymore. That’s outdated. Instead, I would opt for flat LED panels. This also allows you to easily implement HCL (Human Centric Lighting) or tunable white options.
I only see 3. If you feel more comfortable with 4, then go with 4.
However, the corridor widths are evenly distributed in the middle, starting from the center of the wardrobe for the first person in the long corridor, and this distance to the door is also applied to the stair spot leading to the front door.
However, the corridor widths are evenly distributed in the middle, starting from the center of the wardrobe for the first person in the long corridor, and this distance to the door is also applied to the stair spot leading to the front door.
Mycraft schrieb:
Yes, that's how I would do it too. With a wide beam angle. But I wouldn't plan any more MR16 or GU10 (or any other comparable types). That’s old-fashioned. Instead, I would use flat LED panels. These also allow you to implement HCL or tunable white right away.Isn’t the problem with flat LED panels that the light source can’t be replaced (so if the hallway is too bright or too dark, you can’t swap it out to adjust)? And which manufacturers produce affordable, good-quality LED panels?
There are dimmable versions available for too bright or too dark lighting. Sooner or later, all light sources will no longer be replaceable. In fact, we are already heading in that direction.
The entire panel or driver will just be replaced, and that’s it. Replacing it once every 10 years is quite reasonable.
It’s not possible to recommend specific products, as the market changes very quickly and most items come from the same production lines in East Asia. Only different labels and packaging are used.
The entire panel or driver will just be replaced, and that’s it. Replacing it once every 10 years is quite reasonable.
It’s not possible to recommend specific products, as the market changes very quickly and most items come from the same production lines in East Asia. Only different labels and packaging are used.
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