Ceiling rose and new lights

[Tom JE]

Hello all,

I am in the middle of fitting a new ceiling in my en-suite bathroom. I currently have 3 spotlights on one round base which i want to get rid off. After lifting off the old base i noticed that the ceiling rose was intact under it. Because one possible idea of mine was to fit 3 recessed downlights id need to move the ceiling rose inside the loft and have a nice flush ceilng. Is there a safe way of doing this (ie fit it to a joist?) or will i have to swap the rose for a junction box? Another alternative would be for me to keep the ceiling rose where it is and just get a new set of spot lights (but i'm unsure if you can get these for bathrooms??)
Also, my lights dont appear to have an earth (or at least from what i can remember) - is this a problem and if so how easy is it to rectify?

Cheers in advance

Tom

 

[Adam_151]

Replace it with a junction box in the loft, I suppose at a push you could just move the rose into the loft, but that looks amaterish and shoddy, oh and as you are fitting lights in a bathroom type area, this work is notifiable to your local building control office (you can thank mr. two jags for that one... )

And do you mean you lights don't have an earth or your lighting circuit doesn't have an earth?

 

[Tom JE]

Argh...pants! I didnt realise i had to notify building control for this.
Cheers for the info!!