Hi all,
I have home cinema room which I have just painted a nice dark colour, this includes the ceiling. To finish it I thought I'd remove the downlights and spray them black. When trying to refit them I realise that the holes (cut by the builders - the house is only 3 years old) are 85mm! Almost exactly the same size as the downlight flange. It appears they used some kind of sealant/glue to hold them in and painted around the problem.
I tried refitting them with bit of glue but it's a non-starter tbh.
I've read this useful post --> //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1301262 but there are 8 downlights are it would take ages to patch up the holes properly.
So I've been looking at replacement lights, perhaps tilting ones that have a larger hole size. Does the hole size need to match cut-out exactly or if I got ones with an 80mm would it still secure ok?
Also, if I was to move to 12v, can the transformer simply be attached to the existing 240v wiring? All but one of the lights has two 3 core cables going to them.
And finally, the house is only 3 years old - reckon I have any come back from the builder given that they knew they had fitted 60mm lights?
Much appreciated,
Mike
I have home cinema room which I have just painted a nice dark colour, this includes the ceiling. To finish it I thought I'd remove the downlights and spray them black. When trying to refit them I realise that the holes (cut by the builders - the house is only 3 years old) are 85mm! Almost exactly the same size as the downlight flange. It appears they used some kind of sealant/glue to hold them in and painted around the problem.
I tried refitting them with bit of glue but it's a non-starter tbh.I've read this useful post --> //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1301262 but there are 8 downlights are it would take ages to patch up the holes properly.
So I've been looking at replacement lights, perhaps tilting ones that have a larger hole size. Does the hole size need to match cut-out exactly or if I got ones with an 80mm would it still secure ok?
Also, if I was to move to 12v, can the transformer simply be attached to the existing 240v wiring? All but one of the lights has two 3 core cables going to them.
And finally, the house is only 3 years old - reckon I have any come back from the builder given that they knew they had fitted 60mm lights?
Much appreciated,
Mike
