Just about to start the first fix electrics

[ToughButterCup]

5 hours ago, AnonymousBosch said:

But I have a couple of very useful books: I'll dig out them out and post here later this morning.

 

@Triassic ... 

Lucy Martin : (2010) The Bible of Home Lighting : Ideas for every room in your home. Quattro Publishing. London.

 

It's a useful book because it sets out simple core concepts, and then gives practical examples. 

My experience of asking people locally about lighting design is that they suggest they do for your job what they have always done on every other job, and don't think about what your needs are. 

 

In the private sector,  of those people who market themselves as lighting specialists - and that I have contacted - seem generally to have no  qualification to practice as lighting designers. I suspect that properly qualified, competent lighting design is focused on high end top notch private work and  the industrial sectors.

 

The second book? The dog ate it I think. If I find it, I'll put the reference on this thread.

 

[lizzie]

13 hours ago, Dreadnaught said:

 

@lizzie did. Have the name of her designer if you'd like it. I suspect that she won't mind me sending it on.

Thanks @Dreadnaught of course I don't mind.  Some of the guys from the ones I used have set up on their own now...can't put my hand on contact details at mo....having done my own lighting scheme with electrician in last build a professional lighting designer was something I definitely wanted on this build and the extra it brings to the house is not something I could have done myself I would have just gone for the usual scatter of downlights and a bit of led here and there etc.  I love my lighting worth every penny to me.

 

BTW hello all been away from here for a while and out of the loop on everyones build.  Hope all are doing well.