Light in loft

[chelsea25]

what is the best way to go about putting a light in my loft?, as i'm sick of holding a torch when i go up there!!

Hope someone can help?

[Steve_Luts]

two ways:

the proper, permanent way - get a competent sparky to run a new feed into the loft, from your main lighting circuit. A switch near my loft door then just pops this on, a pretty simple job if you know what you are doing.

the cheap and cheerful - an inspection lamp from B&Q or elsewhere with a long flex or extension lead, out of the loft doorway and plugged into the nearest socket. Of course, be careful not to trip on any trailing flexes.

Cheers Steve

[qapmoc]

If you only go up there now and then to check out leaks etc... then the portable inspection light is the easiest way around the problem. If you can, purchase a heavy duty bulb for the for the light as a normal bulb will burn out if knocked against something like a roof support and leave you blacked out, (oops!! is that allowed these days) maybe I should say leave you in darkness.

[Ethel]

The quickest and easiest way would be to use one of those battery operated lights.

Here's an example:

http://www.yourhomedirect.co.uk/catalogue/item50.htm

No wiring, no mess. I don't know how efficient they are but they've got to be better than nothing.

[Postdog]

Regarding the battery ones, they eat through batteries. Forget them.

[ianess]

I agree about the battery operated lights.
I have 2 mains lights one at each end of my loft but still find that a trailing inspection light is best for getting into the darkest corners. Even a 1 million candle-watt rechargeable torch only lasts about 20 minutes at a time.