Assistance with RECESSED bathroom lighting

17 years ago

I hope everyone is having a great weekend but my plans are as follow in the master bathroom. I would like he size of the glass cover globe? fixture excluding the frame? be no more than 4.5 or 5 inches.

Want to install two recessed lights in the ceiling over the shower/tub.

They will be placed equal measurements apart from the wall.

I am looking for the best overall in appearance and the ease of replacement of the bulb.

Another question, what is a can?

This is very new to me regarding the recessed lighting!

Thanks all that reply!

Rich

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lightguy
17 years ago
Hi Rich,

The can is the housing which is mounted above your sheet rock. The trim is what you're going to see when you're in your bathroom.

I don't understand your first paragraph. Is that different fixture than the recessed?

As for the recessed, I like low voltage halogen fixtures for bathrooms. The light quality is superior to incandescent and fluorescent. The size is also smaller (3.5" or 4").
You can also get bulbs for these fixtures which last 20,000 hours. So the life span is wonderful.

Hope this helps.
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