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Hi!
Hoping for a bit more help. I had a REALLY bad experience with a bathroom refurb job - long story, ended badly. I'm now having to pick up the pieces and a lot of what was done will have to be ripped out and re-done at some considerable cost. I'm trying to arm myself with enough info to make the right decisions this time so.......
The bathroom has 5 surface-mounted ceiling lights, 2 directly above the bath and over-bath shower and 3 approx. 1.5m from the bath. I understand from the builders that have looked at these that they're illegal and dangerous and will have to go. I need to keep the cost down so, if at all possible, the cheapest option would be just to do a straight replacement of the 5 lights with something legal in the same positions. The problem is that there is no ceiling void to recess the gubbins into - it's solid concrete - so the lights have to be surface mounted. Is there such a light that meets the regulations or does the meeting the regs bit happen because the electrics are in the ceiling void?
I've had a look and they all seem to be recessed downlighter types and the low voltage ones also need somewhere to mount a transformer. The alternatives are centre fittings but I'm really hoping to avoid having to do a re-wiring job as the ceiling would have to be re-plastered again.
This is the existing light:
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Thank you!
Hoping for a bit more help. I had a REALLY bad experience with a bathroom refurb job - long story, ended badly. I'm now having to pick up the pieces and a lot of what was done will have to be ripped out and re-done at some considerable cost. I'm trying to arm myself with enough info to make the right decisions this time so.......
The bathroom has 5 surface-mounted ceiling lights, 2 directly above the bath and over-bath shower and 3 approx. 1.5m from the bath. I understand from the builders that have looked at these that they're illegal and dangerous and will have to go. I need to keep the cost down so, if at all possible, the cheapest option would be just to do a straight replacement of the 5 lights with something legal in the same positions. The problem is that there is no ceiling void to recess the gubbins into - it's solid concrete - so the lights have to be surface mounted. Is there such a light that meets the regulations or does the meeting the regs bit happen because the electrics are in the ceiling void?
I've had a look and they all seem to be recessed downlighter types and the low voltage ones also need somewhere to mount a transformer. The alternatives are centre fittings but I'm really hoping to avoid having to do a re-wiring job as the ceiling would have to be re-plastered again.
This is the existing light:
View media item 46827
Thank you!
