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I posted this before (see below) but the responses I got misunderstood my idea: I guess the thing I didn’t make clear is that the extra drywall would be up in the attic, that is, raising the can further away from the existing drywall ceiling. The plan is for it to look like regular recessed lighting from below, but moving the bulb further up by moving the socket further up by moving the can further up by adding spacers UNDER the can but ABOVE the existing ceiling. So if you have further comments on that, please let me know! Thanks again for your advice. – Luke
I’m trying to economically add 4 recessed lights to my living room. I want these to be task lights, not general lights, so I want the bulbs pretty far back up in the fixture, not down at the surface where their glare is noticeable from across the room. The problem is, all the economical trim kits I see (6″ size for cost reasons) put the lamp surface within 1/2″ of flush with the bottom of the trim. I’d rather not spend $25 for fancy fixtures when I can get “standard” for $7.
The guy at the electrical supply store here in Austin suggested achieving what I want by building up 2 or 3 layers of drywall scrap on top of the existing drywall, and installing the IC housing flush to the top of those layers. This would effectively recess the lamp further. Is this a valid and safe strategy? Is there a better way? What about using the smaller size bulbs (R20?) in the larger trim? (seems like it would look weird to be able to look up into the can past the smaller bulb) Since I also want this setup to be pretty airtight, how should I secure this drywall to minimize infiltration? Thanks for any advice!
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I posted this before (see below) but the responses I got misunderstood my idea: I guess the thing I didn't make clear is that the extra drywall would be up in the attic, that is, raising the can further away from the existing drywall ceiling. The plan is for it to look like regular recessed lighting from below, but moving the bulb further up by moving the socket further up by moving the can further up by adding spacers UNDER the can but ABOVE the existing ceiling. So if you have further comments on that, please let me know! Thanks again for your advice. - Luke
I'm trying to economically add 4 recessed lights to my living room. I want these to be task lights, not general lights, so I want the bulbs pretty far back up in the fixture, not down at the surface where their glare is noticeable from across the room. The problem is, all the economical trim kits I see (6" size for cost reasons) put the lamp surface within 1/2" of flush with the bottom of the trim. I'd rather not spend $25 for fancy fixtures when I can get "standard" for $7.
The guy at the electrical supply store here in Austin suggested achieving what I want by building up 2 or 3 layers of drywall scrap on top of the existing drywall, and installing the IC housing flush to the top of those layers. This would effectively recess the lamp further. Is this a valid and safe strategy? Is there a better way? What about using the smaller size bulbs (R20?) in the larger trim? (seems like it would look weird to be able to look up into the can past the smaller bulb) Since I also want this setup to be pretty airtight, how should I secure this drywall to minimize infiltration? Thanks for any advice!