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Ceiling Lighting

We often get asked if our ceiling panels can be used with recessed spotlights. The answer is yes - providing the spotlights do not cause the temperature of the panels to exceed 60deg C which is sufficient in most spotlight installations. It is impossible for us to guarantee that panels will not be adversely affected by using recessed spotlights, or any other heat generating sources, as it depends on the temperatures generated by the lighting in-situ.

LED recessed spotlights are now available which generate hardly any heat - check with your lighting supplier as to the suitability of your chosen lighting for use in your room, paying particular attention to bathrooms and shower rooms. The lights used in bathrooms and shower rooms have to meet different regulations depending on where they are fitted in the room (over a shower cubicle for example).

We have over 20 years experieince of fitting ceiling panels and in that time we have only had two occasions where the lights have generated excessive temperatures which have caused the panels to degrade.

The first instance was where a customer fitted the lights in a room with an attic space above. The attic was lagged and the lagging was placed on the back of the lights so that there was no ventialtion space behind the lights. The second instance occurred when bathroom rated spotlights were used which were fixed to the surrounding flange (as opposed to the pivoting kind that only touch the outer flange at the pivot points - as seen in the kitchen installation below). The flange is the only part of the light in contact with the panels and temperature generated by these lights caused the panels to degrade and melt slightly where the flange made contact with the panels.