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Hi I am contemplating installing some standard downlighters in a vaulted ceiling (subject to a previous question i have just posted). The ceiling has 150mm of celotex installed between and underneath a sloping ceiling. Do I have to cut great swathes of insulation out around each...

Hi I would love to install a cable light solution in a long room (8.8m long). The room has a vaulted ceiling with 150mm of Celotex in the ceiling and i don't fancy cutting great chunks out of the celotex to install downlighters. I thought that a cable lighting solution might...

Thanks to all. I hired a Genie SL10 (thanks to your advice) and it worked an absolute treat. Lintels (and the column!) lifted in place easily and no one hurt/backs put out. All well all around!. Thanks for the steer and advice.

Many thanks for all of the replies. RE: Oldun. Liking the Genie lift. I have an engine hoist to get the beams up to waist level and then can slide the genie in underneath for the big lift to floor level. HSS have an SL10 which looks perfect (thanks for the idea, this is what i needed was...

Hi My first post, so not sure if in correct section. I have recently constructed a large lean-to extension on my gaff and am just about ready to hit out my rear elevation. The steel column and 2no beams have arrived and are huuuge and darn heavy (350kg). Took 8 of us to drag...