Hello!
I'm renovating the kitchen and want to install spotlights.
The house is from the 40s and the current ceiling consists of about 2 cm of plaster and underneath solid boards nailed to the joists.
Questions:
1. It should be possible to attach the panel directly to the ceiling, right? Maybe 45x45 (or 28x70?) with c/c 300 mm and then plasterboard?
2. If I attach directly to the ceiling, it might be a bit harder to run the electrical wiring. I assume it's easiest not to attach all the way to the wall but instead leave a "channel" where the wiring can be run?
3. Maybe a silly question, but I assume I cut holes with a hole saw when the plasterboards are mounted to the ceiling to then bring out the connections for the spotlights? Any tips on how I can easily mark on the board where the spotlight is?
I'm renovating the kitchen and want to install spotlights.
The house is from the 40s and the current ceiling consists of about 2 cm of plaster and underneath solid boards nailed to the joists.
Questions:
1. It should be possible to attach the panel directly to the ceiling, right? Maybe 45x45 (or 28x70?) with c/c 300 mm and then plasterboard?
2. If I attach directly to the ceiling, it might be a bit harder to run the electrical wiring. I assume it's easiest not to attach all the way to the wall but instead leave a "channel" where the wiring can be run?
3. Maybe a silly question, but I assume I cut holes with a hole saw when the plasterboards are mounted to the ceiling to then bring out the connections for the spotlights? Any tips on how I can easily mark on the board where the spotlight is?
No answer to your question but we are going to do about the same thing. Have you found any good spots?
One suggestion on how to find the spots could be to attach a Neodymmagnet to each spot and then locate them with another magnet. A bit like "hole-in-one".
One suggestion on how to find the spots could be to attach a Neodymmagnet to each spot and then locate them with another magnet. A bit like "hole-in-one".
It probably varies whether they require junction boxes or not. The one I have looked into (Bright eye multi 3) requires a junction box during installation. The advantage is that it builds very little, you can use sparse paneling 28x70 mm during installation. The ceiling is therefore only lowered by about 4 cm in total, which I see as a big plus.
I lowered the ceiling in our laundry room using strapping, masonite shims, expansion anchors, and 13mm plasterboard. Then I installed a bunch of cheap Malmbergs spotlights (200kr). The original ceiling is a cast slab, so any recessed pots were never considered. With two cm of plaster on the ceiling, I wouldn't have bothered with spots, if the plaster holds well. I made breaks in the strapping where the flexible conduit would go and made a sketch of where I laid them so I could drill holes and pull down the wire to the spotlights (the electrical wiring was pre-laid before I installed the plasterboard).