Spotlights on sloping roof

  • Erstellt am 2016-01-20 07:44:08

axellent

2016-01-20 07:44:08
  • #1
Hello everyone,

We currently have the drywall installer on site for our house construction and need to plan the arrangement of the recessed light spots.

We originally planned 6 spots for our bathroom in the attic (4.50 x 3.20 m; approx. 10 sqm). You can find the planning from the sampling in the attachment. The attic has a knee wall of 50 cm and a 45-degree slope.

At the time of planning, we were not aware that two of the six spots were planned on the roof slope.
My question: is that problematic, and would it be more reasonable to place all six spots on the ceiling?

Or is it better to mount them on the slope for more even light distribution? Ceiling height approx. 2.50 m on the finished floor.
I currently see a risk that it might cause glare and not look visually appealing.

What do you think?
Best regards and thanks for your opinions!
 

b54

2016-01-20 07:45:43
  • #2
Aren't the spots adjustable? That would otherwise be an alternative
 

Peanuts74

2016-01-20 08:52:13
  • #3
Does the bathroom really only have 10m² based on the basic dimensions? Our floor area is slightly larger (4.90 x 3.35), but we installed 8 LED spots (5 watts dimmable) and I think it shouldn't be less than that. But anyway, we have 2 of them about 15 cm away from the slope and in my opinion, that looks good and also lights everything nicely. However, our knee wall is about 110 cm finished floor, 50 cm is of course quite little, you have a lot of slope there...
 

axellent

2016-01-20 10:23:52
  • #4
Hello, fortunately the spots are adjustable. Now the only question is whether I mount them on the ceiling and point them towards the sloping roof or mount them on the sloping roof and let them shine towards the floor.

The floor area is of course larger, but due to the limited knee wall and masonry, the nearly 10 sqm result (according to the plan).
 

Peanuts74

2016-01-20 12:08:44
  • #5
Is the dashed line above the bathtub the 2m line? Because it definitely doesn't look like a 50cm knee wall there... If so, there would presumably be enough "space" on the ceiling to accommodate the spots, which is what I would do...
 

axellent

2016-01-20 12:45:44
  • #6
Yes, that is the 2-meter line. Knee wall 50 is basically 70 cm and there is still almost 30 cm of masonry around the bathtub. So I also tend to put the spotlights on the ceiling.

Unfortunately, I can't find any pictures on the web where you could take a look at that...
 

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