LED lights in coving

[Ranger 6]

As part of a whole house renovation I'm looking for some coving to put (dimmable) LED strip lighting in to illuminate the ceiling rather than having downlights. To give a muted subtle light in the lounge and snug.

A bit of searching has thrown up loads of options and choices - the first is the LED strip itself. That choice is easy, we want a spotless strip.

The second choice is far more complicated - the coving. there's loads of potential solutions ranging from Screwfix - 10m for £38

https://www.screwfix.com/p/led-lighting-coving-58m...

To this sort of slim aluminium stuff, which is far more expensive - but would appear to be a bit small as far as coving goes?

https://www.ledtechnologies.co.uk/dado-rail-led-pr...


https://www.ledspace.co.uk/products/alu62-white-ar...


Any experiences with this sort of stuff or others suggestions??

[Ranger 6]

Bump - anyone?

[gfreeman]

I suppose it is obvious but the more LED's per metre gives a more even spot less light. More LEDs = more cost.

Dimmable is nice to have for very little extra.

[Ranger 6]

Thanks - yes, the LED strip isn't an issue

It's more the various designs of coving - some look really small and I'm not sure would look right in the room.

[900sAds]

I've used this company before:

https://www.hexim.de/led/stuckprofile

They do fairly large coving. Looking at the site, they now seem to have improved the design with a small edge to stick the LED tape too. Mine were stuck to the inside edge which limits light a little.

[WindyMills]

For me, it's the damage/breakages side of things.

Which product will you be able to get a good repair in 5-10 years?

I'd be sticking with anything eps/mdf based or suchlike.

[UTH]

Not sure if it's any help, but if you're already into Phillips Hue (or keen to start your addiction) then these could work in terms of the light strip itself:

https://www.philips-hue.com/en-gb/p/hue-white-and-...

[Ranger 6]

900sAds said:

I've used this company before:

https://www.hexim.de/led/stuckprofile

They do fairly large coving. Looking at the site, they now seem to have improved the design with a small edge to stick the LED tape too. Mine were stuck to the inside edge which limits light a little.

This looks like it's worth investigating - did they charge for delivery to the UK or did you get a local supplier?

[900sAds]

I started by asking for some samples from then and then when ready to order, I ordered direct and paid postage to UK. This was before Brexit. Tip; get their mitre box as I couldn't find one big enough here.

[Ranger 6]

Thanks

[Ian-r1hmh]

Ranger 6 said:

As part of a whole house renovation I'm looking for some coving to put (dimmable) LED strip lighting in to illuminate the ceiling rather than having downlights. To give a muted subtle light in the lounge and snug.

A bit of searching has thrown up loads of options and choices - the first is the LED strip itself. That choice is easy, we want a spotless strip.

The second choice is far more complicated - the coving. there's loads of potential solutions ranging from Screwfix - 10m for £38

https://www.screwfix.com/p/led-lighting-coving-58m...

To this sort of slim aluminium stuff, which is far more expensive - but would appear to be a bit small as far as coving goes?

https://www.ledtechnologies.co.uk/dado-rail-led-pr...


https://www.ledspace.co.uk/products/alu62-white-ar...


Any experiences with this sort of stuff or others suggestions??

Did you manage to find a good solution for this? I'm looking for something similar.

[Cheib]

If anyone can recommend an LED strip I’d be interested. Have something like this going in our kitchen.

[LordLoveLength]

LEDspace do a ‘seamless adjustable white’ LED strip.
Uniform light distribution over the length and a mix of warm/cool white LEDs meaning you can adjust the colour temperature to match your existing lights.
You’ll need a suitable driver / interface and you can choose from fit & forget to fully integrated home automation solution.
https://www.ledspace.co.uk/products/no-spotting-li...

[Cheib]

LordLoveLength said:

LEDspace do a ‘seamless adjustable white’ LED strip.
Uniform light distribution over the length and a mix of warm/cool white LEDs meaning you can adjust the colour temperature to match your existing lights.
You’ll need a suitable driver / interface and you can choose from fit & forget to fully integrated home automation solution.
https://www.ledspace.co.uk/products/no-spotting-li...

Thank you

[Ranger 6]

We ended up just using Screwfix coving with seamless LED strip that the sparky sourced. It's all fine 18 months in and works well. Fitted in two rooms.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/led-lighting-coving-58m...