On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:23:26 GMT, "Mike W."
wrote:

My family recently built a house. The house we had before this one had
only one room in the whole house with lighting fixtures built in to the
ceiling. Every room in our new house has at least one light fixture in
the ceiling. We thought that not having to have 'lamps' would be so
great, but we really are not satisfied with the lighting in a few rooms.
We had an allowance of 'can' lights so we spread them throughout the
family room, kitchen, and the various hallways in the house. The cans
light the rooms great. Our issue is some of the rooms just dont seem to
be lit well enough. My biggest issue is that I can't find a fixture at
any of the local big box home stores that will take more than 60 watt
bulbs. 60 watt bulbs are weak in my opinion. You can have 20 of them
in a room and still have a certain level of light that cant be improved.
Why can't I find fixtures that take 2 100 watt bulbs? What options
are there for me now that it would be a 'remodel' upgrade?

Thanks.

Mike W.

Consider halogen lights. I took a ceramic socket -60W bulb out of a
master closet during remodel. I added a three light halogen thingy-
bob and have plenty of light now. How long do you spend in the
hallways? My garage ceramic socket is next....

Oren



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