Down light config

[Notadecor8ter]

Hi,

My room is 14x9 in a square width and i'm wanting to put in down lights.

Would six be too much ?

Any tips for measuring out the holes and ideal positions i'm thinking of below?

Thanks

 

[winston1]

14 x 9 what?
What power and type down lights?

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Ceiling height is also useful to know when calculating spread & light level.....

EDITED Also what sort of a room is it- bedroom, dining room, kitchen, hallway?

 

[endecotp]

what sort of a room is it- bedroom, dining room, kitchen, hallway?

I think the diagram is trying to suggest a double bed...

Why do you want downlights?

 

[stillp]

You won't want to be lying in bed looking up at a downlight.

 

[Steve]

Downlights in a bedroom

Don't do it. Bedrooms need gentle, soft lighting.

 

[Notadecor8ter]

Hi, I'm looking at 7w led so about 350 lumen. It's a bedroom.

Got me thinking now, the statement on looking up at a downlight is valid.

The downlights are dimmable I'm looking at, I thought it could spread the light around the room more?

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Yeah I did wonder after my 1st post if that was a bed. Lot of doors in that room..... OP, why do you want downlights in your bedroom? She won't thank you for them (they will accentuate any wrinkles she may have acquired over the years). Central pendant fitting with reading lights is for bedroom, wall washers/uplights if you can afford to chop the walls to bits to accommodate the cabling

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Hi, I'm looking at 7w led so about 350 lumen. It's a bedroom.

Got me thinking now, the statement on looking up at a downlight is valid.

The downlights are dimmable I'm looking at, I thought it could spread the light around the room more?

If you're using LED then you'll need a special type of dimmer, not the £2 jobs from Toolstation or Screwfix.
Downlights don't spread the light, they give you far more focused direct light (a traditional pendant in the middle of the room gives about 50% of its light from bounce from the ceiling and walls).
Before you go mad chopping holes in the ceiling, buy your 6 cheap downlights, put them on a timber frame (any cheap batten will do, 38 x 18 roofing batten would be perfect), wire them up, prop them to the ceiling, plug them in and see what you think. If you like the effect then crack on- but I suspect you won't when you see them in reality rather than on the telly