picture the scene you've just bought your dream home everything is perfect the carpets are down
The decor is done you've moved in but you've decided you need more lights the lights you've
got aren't in the right place it's bland it's dull it needs more interest now usually that means
ripping up floors chasing down walls disruption mess as a result people don't bother but what
if there's a system that makes that easy that you can add those smart features that you need to do
you just need somebody to put that in and that's what we've got here we've got a fantastic smart
lighting system with Philips Hue we just need a talented electrician who can weave those wires
through those walls with a minimum of disruption so behind this door is something special in less
than a day we've converted this to a Smart lighting system and you can hardly see where
the electrician Colin Mulvaney has even been in this project, we're going to remove the pendant
light in the bedroom and replace it with some down lights using Philips gu10 Hue lamps and then
supplementing that with two bedside Liane Wall lights and then moving into the bathroom where
we're going to put in a Adore mirror light and some new downlights and triggering them with some of the
Philips Hue controls we'll round off the project with an Hue Infuse ceiling light and a freestanding
Signe Gradient in the bedroom. wow Colin this is a bit of a transformation from where this was this
morning it definitely has big changes in here okay now looking around here yeah I can't see
where you've been I yeah, that's a good start so let's see how Colin approached this project
starting with the down lights first job is to Mark out where the wooden ceiling joists are above the
plasterboard ceiling, and he's used a stud buddy to do that, we wouldn't want to drill through the
ceiling to find out if it would hit a wooden joist and can't get our down light in there, so he's
carefully worked out the spacings across the roof and is now Drilling in with the Dade dust catcher to
catch all that dust and debris were like Colin he tidies up as he goes along is that the first time
we've seen that bring in the wiring from the attic space above it's really simple process for this
new system because it's just Loop in and out from each individual fixture to the next one we don't
have to worry about switching locations because the control is all Wireless and it's just a simple
case of putting our gu10 lamp into the fixture and clicking that back into the ceiling and a top tip
from column when it comes to selecting the size of those down lights that's why I use a 76mmr hole
because I can get my hand done moving up with the wall lights that we're going to position on either
side of the bed we need to bring a cable down from The Loft routing that behind the plasterboard wall
to the First wall light and then from that first light behind the bed across to the second light we
can't do that in the Loft because of the slope of the roof so we have to find the position of
the upright studs and Notch them behind the bed so we can root that cable Colin does that with a hole
saw and the multi-tool and then carefully keeps the plaster that we drill out from the hole saw
so it can be replaced afterwards making patching up incredibly easy then it's a case of installing
these Phillips two lights just as you would any other wall light it is just a basic men's
connection and we can then control them separately using the app and the control options looking at
your Instagram lighting seems to be a bit of a thing if you're not following Colin you should
do CM electrical one yes it does yeah no this room looks fantastic from where it was yeah this
is this is five-star hotel treatment you have a look in the bathroom definitely yeah a Colin what
have you added in the bathroom so and here we've got two down lights one above the Shimmer and
one and the main area here and we've also got an LED manner on there as well it wasn't even
a way you could get a smart lighting bathroom mirrors I think I mean I think that for me is
one of the best products I've seen definitely and the fact you can damn it down and it doesn't need
to be full brightness all the time when you're using it it's a really great for I need that on
a when I get up early on the last thing I want to see is myself we've added some great control
features to the bathroom using the Philips Smart Button depending upon the time of day you press it
determines the color of the light that we see in the mirrors or the lights within the bathroom so
in the morning we may choose a bright cool white light moving to a warm white later in the day
we've also added a PIR function that brings the lights on at a lower level for when you visit the
bathroom in the middle of the night I can't see where you've been yep there's no wires how do you
get the wire down here definitely so we managed to fish down within the cavity again and managed
to pull the cable out straight on there that's the bathroom finished at the top of the stairs we've
installed an infused ceiling light utilizing the existing wiring for the fixture that was already
there then we've brought all of the fixtures in the master suite together and the client can then
control them with the tap dial switch which they can mount on the wall or use a remote control once
they've decided where the final Furniture is going to be located so what top tips have you
picked up on this job Rick yeah Colin Sean has a couple of top tips one of them being where when
we're using the hole saw to remove some of the plasterboard taking the paper sheet from
one side fixing that back which leaves you a ml so so when you're refilling it doesn't protrude
afterwards and also making use of the stud body to find out whereabouts the joists are within the
building and one thing that the whole efix team could take on board is tidying up as you go along
we've learned a few things on this project we've seen how the Hue range goes way beyond
smart lamps into some really clever fixtures that fit a modern design like this house
we've also seen how a talented electrician can quickly bring what was a really Bland
lighting scheme to life with the addition of some smart products in a really quick time
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