Putting a downlight in place of an existing pendant fitting

Cyrus

Our house is a new build with downlighters in several locations and pendants in others.

on the first landing there is a pendant on a small landing and we are thinking it would just be easier if it was a downlight as we cant seem to find a fitting we like and having something flush would give a better sense of space.

is it a big job for an electrician to change one for the other?

tommo22

Simple enough job, the downlight will have to go a few inches away from the current light as its likely there is a timber bridging piece behind the light. a couple of holes drilled will help locate a free space to position the downlight. Once the hole is drilled for the downlight it is easy enough to reach in and pull the existing cable out. U will need to fill and paint where the old fitting was.

Note that a single downlighter on the landing will not put out much light.

Cyrus

tommo22 wrote: »

Simple enough job, the downlight will have to go a few inches away from the current light as its likely there is a timber bridging piece behind the light. a couple of holes drilled will help locate a free space to position the downlight. Once the hole is drilled for the downlight it is easy enough to reach in and pull the existing cable out. U will need to fill and paint where the old fitting was.

Note that a single downlighter on the landing will not put out much light.

thanks for that. we dont use the light that much anyway and the location makes having something hanging down from the ceiling a bit awkward

salmocab

As tommo said you will likely have to move it a few inches which might mean its off centered which could look terrible also that bit of ceiling will require a small bit of repair

Cyrus

salmocab wrote: »

As tommo said you will likely have to move it a few inches which might mean its off centered which could look terrible also that bit of ceiling will require a small bit of repair

cheers

its not centered in the landing, its hard to explain, as long as it can be kept equidistant from both sides it should be fine

salmocab

Cyrus wrote: »

cheers

its not centered in the landing, its hard to explain, as long as it can be kept equidistant from both sides it should be fine

Should be handy enough so

Cyrus

what kind of damage to the ceiling are we talking lads

salmocab

Cyrus wrote: »

what kind of damage to the ceiling are we talking lads

Ah probably just a small hole where the exisiting light is to be filled and painted but until the electrician takes it down its hard to know as sometimes there are strange things done already

J.R.

You could fit a surface mounted flush fitting light...very modern looking.

This would replace the pendant with no moving location needed. Also no
decorating or filling needed afterwards.