Hi All,
I have an 80's house, with 80's style spot lights pointing into 2no alcoves either side of a chimney breast. I'd like to replace these with wall lights in the alcoves.
The floor upstairs is T&G chipboard and I have not intention of disturbing it so I plan to work from below. I'm happy to cut holes in the plasterboard as I'm going to overboard the ceiling anyway and have it skimmed to cover the artex.
I know that I could/should take down the light fitting and connect everything up with a maintenance free junction box, extend the cables across the ceiling and chase them in down the wall and then connect them in to a new wall fitting. The jct box would be connected up like for like and the new wall fitting wiring would replace the current ceiling rose.
Now for the stupid bit. In my mind I don't see why the jct box can't be connected as a ceiling rose, with a single T&E cable run across the ceiling, down the wall and into the back of the new light fitting. The cable coming out of the jct box would essentially be like the cable coming out of a ceiling rose and into a light fitting. Connecting it up at the fitting would be simple. Less cable, less chasing, less effort. What's the catch?
Many thanks and please be gentle.
I have an 80's house, with 80's style spot lights pointing into 2no alcoves either side of a chimney breast. I'd like to replace these with wall lights in the alcoves.
The floor upstairs is T&G chipboard and I have not intention of disturbing it so I plan to work from below. I'm happy to cut holes in the plasterboard as I'm going to overboard the ceiling anyway and have it skimmed to cover the artex.
I know that I could/should take down the light fitting and connect everything up with a maintenance free junction box, extend the cables across the ceiling and chase them in down the wall and then connect them in to a new wall fitting. The jct box would be connected up like for like and the new wall fitting wiring would replace the current ceiling rose.
Now for the stupid bit. In my mind I don't see why the jct box can't be connected as a ceiling rose, with a single T&E cable run across the ceiling, down the wall and into the back of the new light fitting. The cable coming out of the jct box would essentially be like the cable coming out of a ceiling rose and into a light fitting. Connecting it up at the fitting would be simple. Less cable, less chasing, less effort. What's the catch?
Many thanks and please be gentle.