Need electricians advice. Moving ceiling light without chasing ?

[Carla]

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hello

i moved in to my place 3 years ago and have been slowly redecorating one room at a time. Im finally on my last room, the living room but for some weird reason the ceiling light isnt in the middle of the room. its off to the side quite far.

The problem is, my ceilings are concrete so i dont want to chase them out, i also dont want to use trunking. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on possible resolutions?

Ive had a few but I don't know if its possible.

The first idea was to somehow have 3 lights coming from one ceiling rose, and then arrange them in a way where they are in a row, so it looks like 3 individual lights hanging from the ceiling, but i dont know if its possible and how that would be done/look

the other idea i had was to buy some kind of strip spotlight fitting that is long, so it can go across the ceiling to make it look like its centered. but i dont know if this is possible either, as i cant find one i like that has regular bulb fittings instead of spot lights and all the strip/spot light style lights iv looked at are all fitted from the centre, i would need one that could be wired at one end, and then stretch out across the ceiling to the middle of the room.

any ideas would be great.

thank you in advance

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

If the cables are in the concrete and possibly in metal conduit within.
I would fix some thin strips of timber and put plasterboard up and plaster it. You loose say an inch or two in ceiling height.
On the plus side you can have any lights you like from one through to downlights.
If not what about track lighting?
Can be wired from one end then adapted or cut to size, go off on angles etc and lights all adjustable, something like this as robus can be wired from the end.
https://www.lyco.co.uk/acorn-3-light-and-track-kit-white.html

 

[PEG]

I would steer away from a strip light,in a lounge...

It'll look like gang-master's lodgings,for his cockle-pickers...

 

[Charlie_]

Not sure of your taste on decor/style..
The Industrial type look is in trend at the moment, so maybe have a run of galvanized conduit with a few pendant drops with metal lampshades

 

[FatAlan]

If the cables are in the concrete and possibly in metal conduit within.
I would fix some thin strips of timber and put plasterboard up and plaster it. You loose say an inch or two in ceiling height.
On the plus side you can have any lights you like from one through to downlights.
If not what about track lighting?
Can be wired from one end then adapted or cut to size, go off on angles etc and lights all adjustable, something like this as robus can be wired from the end.
Robus Acorn Track Light Kit - White - 3 Lights - Lyco - https://www.lyco.co.uk/acorn-3-light-and-track-kit-white.html

I’d avoid the 50w halogens though and replace with GU10 LEDs.

 

[ruston]

Not sure of your taste on decor/style..
The Industrial type look is in trend at the moment, so maybe have a run of galvanized conduit with a few pendant drops with metal lampshades

We have an old original sandstone pub up here done like that , in particular the fireplace wall , has a look of bronze hammerite , but is really authentic looking , as we say " looks like it growed there "

 

[Carla]

the decor colur is silver, grey, whites, with a lot of soft textures like shag rugs, velvet cushions in silver, etc. Just warm and modern looking. i do agree strip lights would be the best idea but i cant find any that look ''homey'', they look a bit too industrial. i just dont know what to do. iv seen some people use chains and then use a hook in the middle of the ceiling to centre it or they use curved trunking instead of regular squared trunking but i am not sure about that. maybe if i upload a photo of the ceiling and how the light is poisition it might help you guys get a better idea of how it looks?

 

[Carla]

If the cables are in the concrete and possibly in metal conduit within.
I would fix some thin strips of timber and put plasterboard up and plaster it. You loose say an inch or two in ceiling height.
On the plus side you can have any lights you like from one through to downlights.
If not what about track lighting?
Can be wired from one end then adapted or cut to size, go off on angles etc and lights all adjustable, something like this as robus can be wired from the end.
Robus Acorn Track Light Kit - White - 3 Lights - Lyco - https://www.lyco.co.uk/acorn-3-light-and-track-kit-white.html

Not sure of your taste on decor/style..
The Industrial type look is in trend at the moment, so maybe have a run of galvanized conduit with a few pendant drops with metal lampshades

We have an old original sandstone pub up here done like that , in particular the fireplace wall , has a look of bronze hammerite , but is really authentic looking , as we say " looks like it growed there "

here is a photo of what the ceiling light looks like and the position of it. as you can see, it needs to be a lot further over to the right.

 

[The Ghost]

How about a track light fitting? JCC do a nice range of lamps that fit in the track including pendant lights.

 

[Rpa07]

What a strange place - almost as if it was once in the centre of a room that then was unequally divided into 4 rooms!
I’d like to think that I was wrong because that would be just odd!
The above idea from Vortigern would allow a long track light fixture in that area left to right that you could fit all sorts of lampage ideas.
Happy hunting!

here is a photo of what the ceiling light looks like and the position of it. as you can see, it needs to be a lot further over to the right. View attachment 49175