Hi all,
I'm in the process of replacing my kitchen and need to sort out the ceiling.
The ceiling is plasterboard with an artex covering. It has 5 old fashioned down lights, positioned like the 5 on a dice.
Covering the artex I will be fine with, I'm really after some advice with repairing the down lighter holes. The old fashioned ones are much larger diameter than a modern equivalent, so can't just do a direct swap.
If I keep down lights, I'd prefer to go for 6, so the position of the outer ones will be the same place most likely, and is giving the biggest problem.
One possibility - I could cut disks of p/board to fill the holes and feed strips of p/board stuck behind to hold them in place. Then reskim ceiling.
Not sure if this will give a problem with double thickness board in the same areas, when fitting the new down lights?
Hope the desscription makes sense; I'm thinking this must be quite a common problem, so possibly better solutions out there.
Thanks!
I'm in the process of replacing my kitchen and need to sort out the ceiling.
The ceiling is plasterboard with an artex covering. It has 5 old fashioned down lights, positioned like the 5 on a dice.
Covering the artex I will be fine with, I'm really after some advice with repairing the down lighter holes. The old fashioned ones are much larger diameter than a modern equivalent, so can't just do a direct swap.
If I keep down lights, I'd prefer to go for 6, so the position of the outer ones will be the same place most likely, and is giving the biggest problem.
One possibility - I could cut disks of p/board to fill the holes and feed strips of p/board stuck behind to hold them in place. Then reskim ceiling.
Not sure if this will give a problem with double thickness board in the same areas, when fitting the new down lights?
Hope the desscription makes sense; I'm thinking this must be quite a common problem, so possibly better solutions out there.
Thanks!