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Stick on trunking?
How far are the lights apart? Could you get a drawline through?
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Which way do the joists run? You might get away just fishing a wire through a hole where you want the new light. If the joists run the wrong way then you need to open up enough of a channel to get a drill in and drill through the joists or find existing holes etc. An electrician would be looking at where the feed comes from and maybe using it to fish through a wire to get it where they want it.
lynx
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@aggi
I'm pondering adding another light in my hallway, preferably to be controlled by the light switch which controls the existing light (it's the same hallway, I can't think of any circumstance when you'd want one but not the other on).
It's a flat roof above so I have no access from the top.
I assume the process is to put a narrow channel in the plaster/board from the existing light fixture to the new one, wire a spur into the existing fixture down to where I want the new one, add the light and then somehow patch over the channel.
Does this sound sensible? Am I missing something that is likely to electrocute everyone in the neighbourhood, set the house on fire, result in the apocalypse, make it look a bit shit?