Bathroom zone

there is very little room in the en-suite and from the floor to the ceiling is 1.8m

I'm a bit surprised that got past Building Control... the likes of me wouldn't even able able to stand up under that. (I know the old precise minimum ceiling height regulations have gone, but I thought there was still a requirement for reasonableness...).


Anyhow, downlighters and low ceilings aren't necessarily a good mix - walk under a light like that and all that will be lit the the very top of someone's head - the rest of the area served by that light being plunged into shadow (and probably an uncomfortable warming of the scalp too) and probably not optically very comfortable either - having bright sourced so close to eye-line. Might wall lights be better?


   - Andy.

there is very little room in the en-suite and from the floor to the ceiling is 1.8m

I'm a bit surprised that got past Building Control... the likes of me wouldn't even able able to stand up under that. (I know the old precise minimum ceiling height regulations have gone, but I thought there was still a requirement for reasonableness...).


Anyhow, downlighters and low ceilings aren't necessarily a good mix - walk under a light like that and all that will be lit the the very top of someone's head - the rest of the area served by that light being plunged into shadow (and probably an uncomfortable warming of the scalp too) and probably not optically very comfortable either - having bright sourced so close to eye-line. Might wall lights be better?


   - Andy.