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Downlights Direct is the home of low energy LED downlights. We stock the UK's best brands and offer expert advice. From miniature to massive, no matter what your hole size or project type, we can provide you with quality recessed downlight to suit your budget that will last for many years to come.

  1. Everything You Need to Know about Fire Rated Downlights and Their Benefits

    Everything You Need to Know about Fire Rated Downlights and Their Benefits
    Downlights are great – they are a fresh and innovative way to make your house or commercial business lit up to whatever mood or theme you specify it to be.
  2. The Best Downlights for Loft Conversions

    The Best Downlights for Loft Conversions
    Loft conversions are excellent ways to increase the value of your home while adding what may prove to be some much-needed space in terms of an office or a spare bedroom. There are many concerns which need to be addressed in order to remain prepared ahead of time. One common issue is the type of downlighting that should be selected.
  3. Halers H2 Pro - The Most Reliable LED Downlight of 2015

    Halers H2 Pro - The Most Reliable LED Downlight of 2015
    The results are in and the Downlights Direct team are delighted to announce that the Halers H2 Pro has won this years prestigious "Most Reliable LED Downlight Of The Year". Read this press release and discover just why Downlights Direct could hand out this award two months before the end of the year.
  4. 3 Places to Install Dimmable LED Downlights in Your Home

    3 Places to Install Dimmable LED Downlights in Your Home
    As well as being highly efficient, LED downlights can also change the ambiance and mood of your home, throwing emphasis on one part of your quarters whilst obscuring another.
  5. 3 Reasons You Need Fire-Rated LED Lamps

    3 Reasons You Need Fire-Rated LED Lamps
    Fire rated led lamps are often used by homeowners in the United Kingdom. There are several reasons why people choose to make this type of investment in their home. Read more to learn how having fire-rated LED lamps in your residence can help you.
  6. Complete LED Downlights vs Retrofit LED Downlights

    Complete LED Downlights vs Retrofit LED Downlights
    Everybody is seriously counting their pennies and trying to make their money stretch even further With LED technology we can certainly benefit from huge savings in energy, with downlights having a working life which is far longer than incandescent lamps.
  7. The Best Places To Install Downlights In Your House

    The Best Places To Install Downlights In Your House
    Downlights are now an ever popular addition to many homes, and with such versatility and variability as to where they can be placed it is easy to understand why. Down lighting can add gentle and sometimes shadow free lighting to any room and if you choose to use led fittings the savings on your energy bills can be quite considerable.
  8. The Highlights Of Downlights

    The Highlights Of Downlights
    If you are looking at installing professional lighting in your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or living room then the correct choice of product is crucial. Within the kitchen and bathroom down lights have become increasingly popular, if they are utilized in the correct manner they can provide a warm shadow free light.
  9. Which Beam Angle? The 4 Key Factors

    Which Beam Angle? The 4 Key Factors
    Ultimately, your main aim in choosing the right beam angle is to get the best uniformity and to install the fewest downlights as possible.
  10. Insulation Coverable Downlights - All You Need To Know

    Insulation Coverable Downlights - All You Need To Know
    Part L of the Building Regulations (energy efficiency) now states that you should lay continuous insulation over a ceiling space. Insulation functions like a jacket for a room or building and traps in the warm air. Without using insulation correctly, warm air will escape through the ceiling space. This wastes energy and costs you more on your energy bills.