Replacing downlighters - hole now too big!

Lobster · 2012-07-20T19:25:51+00:00

I'm in the process of replacing the old bathroom downlighters as part if a refurb; the old ones are 1st-gen el-cheapo Screwfix ones and are clapped out.Problem is that the existing holes in the ceiling are 87mm, which seems pretty big by modern standards (by about 20mm); many modern lamps would fall straight through. Trouble is it's a small ensuite bathroom and there's no option but to fit the new downlighters in the same positions.Seems my options are to try and repair and remake the holes somehow - doesn't seem a plausible solution really; or to fit some form of plastic disc over the existing hole which would be visible in the finished job, which IMHO would look crap.SWMBO wants downlighters again (I don't!), so let's not go there... any ideas for a tidy effective solution, or sources for 'big' downlighters? Specs are for 240V GU10, white ones; bathroom zone 2 (ie IPX4)ThanksDavid

Jul 20, 2012 24 Replies

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Tim Watts 14 years ago

Flammable material next to downlighters? Would be OK with low power or LED units, but I would not fancy that next to 50W units...

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Alan Braggins 14 years ago

That's what I did in our kitchen when I had the same problem.

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Jonathan 14 years ago

glue a batton or two in the void crossing the polo and the main ceiling?

Jonathan

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dennis 14 years ago

Like the paper on plasterboard?

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Tim Watts 14 years ago

There's not enough thickness to sustain flame. Unlike lumps of wood.

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