Tips for choosing luminaires for stretch ceilings, type, brand and prices

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Stretch ceilings are becoming more and more popular every year. Attract simplicity of installation, perfectly flat surface and the possibility of a unique and diverse design. New ceilings need suitable fixtures. Can I leave an old chandelier or have to buy new lamps? What is the basis for their choice?

Halogen or LEDs?

On the stretch ceiling you can recreate a picture of the starry sky, the shimmering of the northern lights, or you can limit yourself to traditional lighting with a chandelier and a few spotlights. Everything depends only on the taste and imagination of the owners. But, in any case, the lighting project should be ready even before the installation of the ceilings, as installers need to know where to place the fixtures and reinforcing profiles.

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A number of requirements for future lamps:

  • low heating of the design itself and the lamp, as the polyvinyl chloride from which the ceiling is made, softens at a temperature above 80 degrees, and even with a smaller one can begin to deform, the
  • is not a long cartridge or mount so as not tostrongly lower the ceiling,
  • reflector on the lamp or the lamp itself, so as not to cover the space between the canvas and the ceiling, as in this case all wires and garbage accumulated on the film will be visible,
  • near the luminariesnick should be wide edging to hide the reinforcing structure in which it is mounted,
  • it is desirable that the luminaire has less sharp edges or protruding parts so that the installation does not damage the ceiling, for the same purpose it is worth choosing those devices in which to replace the light bulb easily.

From these requirements it becomes clear that traditional incandescent lamps are absolutely not combined with stretch ceilings. Choose from energy-saving, halogen or LED lamps.




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For energy-saving lamps with a traditional base, you can use the same luminaires as for incandescent lamps. They are much cheaper and do not require any additional equipment, but the ceiling will have to be lowered by 10-12 cm to drown the structure and the lamp itself.

The light from halogen bulbs is brighter, and its spectrum is more familiar to the human eye than from energy saving ones, and the price is still lower. However, they are significantly heated, although less incandescent. Service life is 2-4 thousand hours. Between the ceiling and the sheet when installing halogen lamps should remain at least 6 cm. If it is decided to choose halogen lamps, you need to buy light bulbs with a power of no higher than 35 watts and necessarily with a reflector( mirror or black).Use foil for light reflection is unsafe.

For suspended ceilings, it is better to use halogen lamps at 220 volts, since it is not always possible to hide a transformer under such a ceiling, and changing it in case of failure is problematic.

The most successful version of luminaires for suspended ceiling - LED .An obvious plus for standard apartments and houses with low ceilings - the height of the premises will drop slightly, centimeters by 5. LED lamps are heated slightly and do not affect the material of the stretch ceiling in any way. The light from them is pleasant and bright, natural. Especially successfully, such lamps are combined with glossy ceilings, painting them with patterns of highlights, visually making them higher.

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

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Types of luminaires

By its design, the ceiling light fixtures can be built-in or overhead. Built-in ones require more space between the canvas and the ceiling, but they can serve as the main source of lighting, since they can be inserted more powerful and large lamps. Overhead is easier to install and cheaper, but, due to lower power, they are usually used for decorative purposes or as a backlight. The smaller capacity is due to the fact that between the cloth and the cartridge there is a very small gap, and, consequently, bright lamps will lead to its overheating.

In combination with spotlights most often installed and a chandelier. It can be both with ceiling mounts and hooks, the main thing is to warn the masters in advance about its type, so that they install the appropriate fittings. It is worth abandoning the chandeliers in the form of a plate, they hang too close to the ceiling and can heat it. If the ceiling is directed upwards and there are incandescent or halogen lamps installed, at least 20 cm should remain to the ceiling surface. For LED chandeliers, there is no such restriction. Nevertheless, especially if the ceiling is glossy, it is better to stop on plafonds looking to the side or down, so that their contents( and sometimes dirt) are not reflected in the mirror surface.

Of the manufacturers of luminaires for tension ceilings for electricians and installers, Ecola is very popular. Its lamps with LED elements cost from 180 rubles, and their service life exceeds 7 thousand hours. In the catalog - a huge variety of models suitable for interior in any style.

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Tips for the choice of fixtures and chandeliers

To ensure that the room is sufficiently illuminated, it is necessary to provide at least one halogen or LED lamp of 1.5 square meters.m of ceiling, for energy-saving quantity it is better to increase to two.

Futuristic, unusual lamps are combined with a glossy ceiling, for matte fit classic. Chandeliers with a lot of open LED lights, like flowers or rays, on a glossy surface give a stunning effect with many highlights.

A stretch ceiling can also be installed in the bathroom or bathroom. For these rooms, special moisture resistant lamps are needed in a sealed enclosure.

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

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