Lighting design & installation

We’ve lit candy stores with custom neon, church community halls, retail aisles, and a lot of kitchens. In every one of them the goal was the same: lighting that fits the room instead of fighting it.

What’s included

• Recessed pot lights and LED downlights, laid out room by room for even coverage
• Under-cabinet, cove, accent, and pendant lighting
• LED retrofits: swapping dated fluorescent and halogen fixtures over to LED
• Exterior and landscape lighting, including soffit-fed and low-voltage systems
• Retail and commercial display lighting, signage connections, and custom neon hookups
• Dimming and control: three-way and smart switching, occupancy sensors, LED-rated dimmers

Pot lights and recessed lighting

Pot lights are the most common job we get called for, and the one most often done badly. Spacing that’s off leaves a room with bright patches and dark corners; the wrong fixture in an insulated ceiling either fails inspection or slowly cooks itself. We lay out recessed lighting so the light lands evenly, size the number of fixtures to the room instead of guessing, and use LED pot lights that run cool and last for years.

Adding pot lights to a finished ceiling is routine work for us. We fish the wiring through the existing ceiling with as few cuts as we can manage and leave every opening ready for your patcher, so you get the lights without gutting the room. New construction, with the drywall still off, is simpler and cheaper again, and if we’re wiring the reno anyway it’s the moment to get the layout right.

LED upgrades and retrofits

Almost everything we install now is LED, and a good share of our lighting work is converting older homes and shops over to it. LED pot lights, under-cabinet strips in kitchens, cove and accent runs, and full retrofits of tired fluorescent troffers in offices and warehouses. The savings are real in both hydro and in lamps you stop replacing, but only if the light is specified right. The wrong colour temperature makes a warm living room feel like a hospital, and a cheap driver on the wrong dimmer flickers all evening. We match the colour to the room and pair the fixtures with a dimmer rated to run them, so they actually behave.

How it works

1. Walk-through. We look at the space, talk about how you use it, and sketch a layout.
2. Layout confirmation. You see the plan, and the cost, before anything is cut open.
3. Install. Clean cuts, openings left ready for the patcher, fixtures aimed and dimmed before handover.

Common questions

How much does pot light installation cost?

It comes down to how many lights and whether the ceiling is open or finished. A ceiling that’s already open during a renovation is the cheap end; fishing lights into a finished ceiling with an occupied floor above takes longer and costs more. We give you a fixed price after seeing the space, not a per-light guess over the phone.

How many pot lights do I need?

Usually fewer than people expect, if they’re spaced properly. We plan for even coverage based on your ceiling height and room size, then adjust for how the room is used, since a kitchen work zone wants more light than a bedroom. We sketch the layout before anything gets cut so you can see it first.

Can you add pot lights to an existing finished ceiling?

Yes, and it’s most of what we do. We fish the wiring through the existing ceiling with minimal cuts and leave any openings ready for the patcher. You get the recessed lighting without tearing the ceiling apart.

Why do my LED lights flicker or buzz on the dimmer?

Almost always a dimmer that isn’t rated for LED. LEDs draw so little current that older dimmers can’t regulate them smoothly, which shows up as flicker or a faint buzz. Pairing the fixtures with a compatible LED dimmer fixes it in most cases.

Can you replace my old fluorescent fixtures with LED?

Yes, either full fixture swaps or retrofit kits, whichever pencils out. For shops and offices, the payback in energy and lamp changes is usually quick.

Do you do lighting for retail displays?

We do a lot of it; see the Karameller and KMS Tools projects. Display lighting is a different discipline from residential, where colour rendering and consistency matter more than raw output.