Hi all,
I did a search on this and didn't find anything related, so hopefully it's not been posted before.
Last year I had my bathrooms renovated and had plastic panelling fit to the ceiling (was artexed and OH wanted flush fitting downlights).
Anyway, the downlights fitted are mains GU10 type sealed ones specially for the bathroom in chrome. They have been fit correctly with the rubber seal behind them, but they have started to "melt" the plastic panelling behind them.
It's nothing major, but you can see a black tarnishing on the panel and on closer inspection can see it cracking/splitting, and it's an eyesore and a worry for me, that if the lights get left on by accident during the day, that it's potentially unsafe.
The electrician specified, supplied and fitted these lights, knowing the ceiling type they were going through, so I'm looking for some advice.
Are these lights suitable for this type of surface or is it, as the electrician said, non-suitable panels and what's my best option for getting it sorted?
The electrician is accepting no-blame, so is suggesting completely new fittings with a larger hole and using "compact fluorescent" type bulbs (as they run cold) or to get the ceiling completely re-done, both of which are costly exercises.
Is there such a thing like a "big washer", that could be fit behind the current fittings to hide the damage to the ceiling and then use the different type bulbs?
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Apologies for the long winded post.
I did a search on this and didn't find anything related, so hopefully it's not been posted before.
Last year I had my bathrooms renovated and had plastic panelling fit to the ceiling (was artexed and OH wanted flush fitting downlights).
Anyway, the downlights fitted are mains GU10 type sealed ones specially for the bathroom in chrome. They have been fit correctly with the rubber seal behind them, but they have started to "melt" the plastic panelling behind them.
It's nothing major, but you can see a black tarnishing on the panel and on closer inspection can see it cracking/splitting, and it's an eyesore and a worry for me, that if the lights get left on by accident during the day, that it's potentially unsafe.
The electrician specified, supplied and fitted these lights, knowing the ceiling type they were going through, so I'm looking for some advice.
Are these lights suitable for this type of surface or is it, as the electrician said, non-suitable panels and what's my best option for getting it sorted?
The electrician is accepting no-blame, so is suggesting completely new fittings with a larger hole and using "compact fluorescent" type bulbs (as they run cold) or to get the ceiling completely re-done, both of which are costly exercises.
Is there such a thing like a "big washer", that could be fit behind the current fittings to hide the damage to the ceiling and then use the different type bulbs?
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Apologies for the long winded post.