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Thanks for the reply. What I should have said is I already have 240v 50watt downlighters in a plasterboard ceiling and they get very hot and realise they would be a fire risk in lath and plaster as well as most probably unacceptable. [/color] Would low voltage be acceptable?

Can low voltage downlighters be put in a lath and plaster ceiling? I already have downlighters in a plasterboard ceiling and they get very hot and realise they would be a fire risk in lath and plaster as well as most probably unacceptable. Thanks in advance.

Thank you for the reply. If I did not want to run a permanent live which fan/s would only run off of a switched live. Timer, humidistat? Thanks in advance.

I want to change a fan in the bathroom from a normal pullcord one to either one with a timer or with a humidistat. Which one is better and why or is it personal preference? Do both need three core and earth cable and does this mean they will need a permanent and switched live? Anything...

I have a light in the hall which is on a pendant where the pendant also acts as a junction box for the circuit ie loop in and loop out. I want to replace the pendant with another light which does not have the loop junction box and only sufficient space for the live neutral and earth for itself...

So to get this right. A ceiling light 2.2m high but not within the confines of the bath but within 0.6m from the bath is Zone 2 and a ceiling light 2m tall and not within the confines of a shower but within 0.6m of the shower is also Zone 2.

Thanks for the very quick reply. As I understood it if you were in the shower any light within 0.6m from the sides and 2.25 from the floor were in Zone0 and if the light was in the next Zone to Zone 0 then it would be Zone 1. Have I misread how the zones are calculated?

I have a bathroom where the ceiling is 2.2m tall and an en suite shower room where the ceiling is 2m tall. As I understand it the bathroom light must be Zone 1 and the en suite shower room light must be Zone 0. I am struggling to find anything suitable. Is there a reasonably priced domed...

tpt. Thanks for the reply Somehow I am not convinced that I got a good job done. He said he thought they were pre sealed and that I could seal them rather than him. They aren't sealed to my knowledge and they have had cardboard down since to stop them getting stained. Also the grout is not...

What difference will it make to travertine if I seal them after they have been grouted? Is there a good and a bad way to seal travertine? Do's and dont's? I have had a travertine floor laid in a kitchen. The tiler hasn't sealed them saying I can do it which I am not really comfortable...

I am fitting a shower and have been given contradictory advice by two plumbers. One says run it in 40mm and one says run it in 50mm. From the shower waste is 1m to to the first vertical drop of 100mm. The next run is 3.5m to the next vertical drop of 2m into a WC waste. What fall would I...

I would like to have the fusebox changed to a split load RCD. Does all of the wiring in my house also have to be updated?

Thanks to all who have contributed. With regard to the void between floor and ceiling. Both floor and ceiling are being completely replaced with plasterboard ceiling and chipboard floor. The void is 7" and I am buying downlighters which are 105 mm which should give me 70mm clearance...

This is a problem I have thought about. A lot of wattage. They aren't my lighting of choice but the ceiling in the kitchen is very low at 2m in an old cottage. It has at the moment a surface ceiling mounted fluorescent which is really not safe and the only options I can see are either...