Standard recessed lighting cans go 5 to 6 inches into a ceiling, but not every ceiling can accommodate this depth. Some ceilings are as shallow as 2 inches, especially in older homes.

Your recessed lighting layout should be custom to your living room and purposes. For general lighting, an even grid is the way to go to avoid any dark gaps. Rather than trying to calculate this in ...

The Takeaway: These new style recessed LEDs from Torchstar are so thin they’re barely recessed, mount flush to the ceiling, and allow you to put light right where you want it. And, if you’re ...

“Integrated recessed lighting within each coffer creates a beautifully lit grid, accentuating the design,” Sanders says. LED lights with discrete fixtures work well with coffered ceilings.

When locating the second light fixture on the ceiling, keep in mind that most floor/ceiling joists are on 16-inch centers. Using a keyhole saw, cut the holes for the recessed light fixtures.

In new homes, this is often a single, bright flush-mounted ceiling fixture at the center of a room or a grid of recessed can lights overhead. Either option will light up a room, but neither ...

Nick Treseder A: We love recessed lighting and have put a lot of it in over the years. When installed properly, it does its job, it looks good and, at $10 or so a fixture, it's cheap.

IRVING, TX - The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), has published a new, free guide related to the installation of plastic pressure pipe materials in the vicinity of recessed lighting fixtures, also ...