Crofter Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I've got two exposed beams in the bedroom, and I'd like to use these as the mounting points for the lights in that room. Problem is, the beams are only 44mm wide. So I think I will struggle to find a spotlight design that is narrow enough to mount to that, without it sticking out at the sides, which would obviously look a bit ugly. The drastic solution is to buy more timber and double up each beam- this would need to be glued and clamped to avoid leaving fixings on show. 88mm is still pretty narrow, but should allow me to mount a small spot. The other option is to hunt down light fittings that can work with the 44mm beam as-is. Or fix something to the side of the beam- but I'm not sure if that would look a bit untidy? Or, alternatively, forget the whole idea and use those shallow LED fittings that @Stones has used, and then they could be mounted in the slopes of the vaulted ceiling. That could be a tricky one, though, because one side is already plasterboarded, with only a 25mm void behind, so getting wires to the right places would be... challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Can you not mount on the side of the beam..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 1 minute ago, PeterW said: Can you not mount on the side of the beam..?? That's what the sparky said... I'm just not convinced it would look right! I've probably got too frigid a picture of what I think it should look like in my head. Off to do some Google image searching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Track lighting would work - narrow stuff is 40mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 LED strip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Track lighting would be my choice. Anything else, ecen if you find a fitting that is narrow enough, you have to get a cable to it, and surface mounted or in trunking will look pants. Akternatively (not so popular now) a low voltage suspended lighting system you know where you string two tensioned cables and the light fittings screw onto the cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandAbuild Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) What about an LED strip running in an aluminium channel, hidden behind a timber pelmet, like this: (This is what we're doing) Edited May 22, 2017 by RandAbuild Cut and paste didn't work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) How about a wire hung system fixed between the two beams? Lots of systems available. If you don't know what I mean see.. https://www.modernlightingsolutions.co.uk/track-lighting/12v-wire-and-cable-lighting-system/ Edit: Oops I see Dave mentioned them above. Edited May 22, 2017 by Temp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Some good ideas there, thanks. I think I can rule out widening the beam, which saves me a wee job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 We have similar beams in a few rooms and have LED strips on a 45o angle that work really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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