Bathroom downlight positions...help needed please

[dazzystar]

Hi All,

Below is a sketch of our bathroom. We've just had the ceiling replastered and the 3 downlights removed and the holes filled in. What I'm looking for is advice as to where to install 4 new downlights please. You should see from the sketch that the vanity unit above has lights so that area doesn't need any. The bathroom measure 2.67 metres wide by 2.29 metres deep.

Cheers
Daz

 

[endecotp]

One big light in the middle.

 

[dazzystar]

I want 4 x downlighters which I've already bought. But thanks for your reply.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Double the number of lights, double the chance of one of them failing.

 

[jj4091]

If you have 4 downlights then I would install them equidistance from the centre on the diagonals probalbly 1 to 1.5 metres depending on where the ceiling joists are

 

[Murdochcat]

Where are the joists

 

[dazzystar]

Going to pop in the loft shortly.

 

[pete01]

5? Red dots...ish

 

[ericmark]

Always fancied arranging like the great bear, OK silly I know, but when in a bath, one does not want one shining in one's eyes, the larger the surface area of the lamp, the better, but I swapped mine for 0.58 watt from Pound World as did not what them to look as if they had failed, but they were horrid when lying in the bath. Then fitted pods, so could be aimed away from the bath.

I also have a fitting with 4 pods in the kitchen, hate the thing, was there when we bought the house, swapped to all smart bulbs so I can select which are lit.

So behind the slope of the bath, so not shining in your eyes, and away from the bath enough so they can be aimed not to shine in the bath, @endecotp likely has the best answer, but you don't like that, you can get defused discs to go below the down light to spread the light, the GX5.3 is a larger down light

and will spread the light better. But once you fit a diffusing disc you may as well fit a lamp that size to start with.