Tips for choosing fixtures for suspended ceilings , the type , brand and price

Stretch ceilings with the more popular and more accessible are every year.Attract easy installation, perfect smooth surface and the ability of the unique and diverse design.New ceilings need suitable lighting.Can I leave the old chandelier, or have to buy new fixtures?Than be guided in their selection?

galogenki or LEDs?

On Stretch ceilings can recreate the picture of the starry sky, shimmering northern lights, and you can restrict traditional lighting using multiple chandeliers and lamps spotlighting.It all depends on the taste and fantasy owners.But, in any case, the lighting project should be ready before the installation of ceilings themselves as installers need to know where to locate fixing and reinforcing profiles.

to future fixtures to meet a series of requirements:

• low heating of the structure itself and the lamp as polyvinyl chloride, from which made the ceiling softens at temperatures above 80 degrees, and at a lower may start to deform,
• not longchuck or fixture that did not have much to lower the ceiling,
• reflector on the lamp or the lamp that does not illuminate the space between the door and the ceiling, as in this case, will be visible to all wires and debris accumulated on the film,
• near the lampmust be wide border to hide the reinforcing structure into which it is installed,
• desirable that the lamp was less sharp edges or protruding parts to the installation not to damage the ceiling, with the same purpose to choose is those devices which replace a light bulb is easy.

Because of these requirements, it is clear that the traditional incandescent lamp is absolutely not combined with suspended ceilings.Choose necessary from energy-efficient, halogen or LED lamps.

For energy saving lamps with traditional socket, you can use the same fixtures as incandescent lamps.They are much cheaper and do not require placing any additional equipment, but need to lower the ceiling of 10-12 cm, to drown design and the lamp itself.

light from halogen lamps brighter, and its spectrum is familiar to the human eye than from the energy-saving, and the price is still lower.However, they are significantly heated, although smaller bulbs.Lifetime - 2-4 thousand hours..Between the ceiling and the web when installing halogen lamps must be at least 6 cm. If you decide to choose galogenki need to buy light bulbs power not exceeding 35 watts and always with a reflector (mirror or black).Use foil to reflect light safe.

most successful version of lighting fixtures for ceiling - LED .An obvious plus for typical apartments and houses with low ceilings - the height of buildings will decrease slightly, by 5 cm LED lights are heated slightly and do not affect the material stretch ceiling.The light from them is nice and bright, natural.Especially successfully such lamps are combined with glossy ceilings, painting their patterns of glare, making it visually above.

Sami LED bulbs are much more expensive, but it is covered by their long service life of several years, as well as low power consumption.Another advantage is that these lamps are many variants of the cap, so that you can choose the design of the luminaire, without thinking about what would have to insert the lamp into it.

luminaire types

The designs for the stretch ceiling fixtures can be recessed or overhead.Built require more space between the door and the ceiling, but they can serve as the main source of lighting, as they can be inserted more powerful and larger lamps.Overhead easier to install and less expensive, but because of lower power, they are generally used for decorative purposes or as a backlight.Less power is due to the fact that between the door and the cartridge, there is very small gap, and thus the bright lights would lead to overheating.

In combination with spotlights and often set the chandelier.It can be as a ceiling mount, and with the hook, the main pre-masters warn about its type, so that they have set the appropriate fittings.It is necessary to abandon the chandeliers in the form of plates, they hang too close to the ceiling and can heat it.If the diffusers are directed upwards and are installed incandescent or halogen, up to the surface of the ceiling must be at least 20 cm. No such requirement exists for LED chandeliers.All the same, especially if the ceiling is glossy, it is better to stay on the ceiling, looking to the side or down to their content (and sometimes dirty) were not reflected in the mirrored surface.

Tips for choosing lamps and chandeliers

, must be provided to the room was sufficiently well lit at least one halogen or LED lamp to 1.5 square meters.m ceiling for the amount of energy saving is better to increase to two.

Futuristic, unusual lamps combined with a glossy ceiling to fit the classic matte.Chandeliers with plenty of outdoor LED bulbs, such as colors or rays, produce a stunning effect with a lot of glare on a glossy surface.

in the bathroom or the bathroom can also be installed suspended ceiling.Special moisture-proof luminaires in a sealed housing need for these facilities.

Although ceilings and impose a number of restrictions on the choice of fixtures, but with the correct selection and arrangement of the effect is delightful, bright and pleasant lighting, and atmosphere - cozy.