EASING THE PAIN OF
PLASTER IN FITTINGS
Levello explains how it’s modular fixing system makes plaster-
in fittings easy and quick to install, as well as, effortlessly
accommodating to all clients changing requirements.
Plaster-in fittings are becoming increasingly popular as more and
more customers desire uncluttered ceilings and clean lines. Most
plaster-in products are difficult and fiddly to install, also they are
limited in their applications. With different sized “cut out’s” for each
different type of fitting, mistakes are easy to make and constantly
changing the hole-saw can be time-consuming.
At the heart of what makes Levello different is its patented fixing
system, a housing is fitted permanently into the ceiling and different
styles of fittings or ‘inserts’ are placed into the housing and held in by
magnets - a front plate completes the flat finish. Levello is versatile,
allowing the user to change a downlight, to a pendent, to a spotlight
or even blank-out the position completely, in seconds. Just decide if
the product needs to be fire rated or not and the choice is endless.
SIMPLE INSTALLATION
The “First Fix” housing is one size for all of Levello’s products
reducing errors and speeding up the cutting of the holes. Housing
installation is simple, drill a 62mm hole, fit the supply cable to the
levello connector, push the housing into the hole and pop in the
decorator’s card. And the ceiling is ready for plastering and painting.
The decorator’s cards – apart from making the life of the plasterer and
painter easier, serves another useful purpose which, is to stop the
housing getting filled with plaster and paint. The Levello Painter and
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Decorator’s Cards have been specifically designed to grip the inside
of the housing, ensuring that they do not fall out during decorating.
Levello supplies a plastering and a painting Decorator’s card with
each housing and recommends that they are removed when the
plaster is green, or the paint is not completely dry - to ensure the
perfect finish.
The “Second fix” stage is even easier as all Levello products are
supplied with connectors factory-fitted, so the second fix is literally
“Plug and Play” and its magnetic fixing system means that the
“Insert” is simply popped into the housing.
STUNNING CEILINGS
One of Levello’s aims is to make ceilings look beautiful. Modern
living requires that many devices; from light fittings to presence
detectors, smoke alarms and speakers are fitted into the ceiling. This
clutters up the ceiling and makes it almost impossible to achieve the
clean, flawless look that architects and designers, often, would like
to achieve. Levello has designed all of its products to have as small a
visual impact as possible, giving an almost zero sight line.
One of the problems with most ceiling fittings is that the metal or
plastic of the fitting ages differently to the paint on the ceiling. After
a couple of years, one ends up with a yellowing fitting on the ceiling,
which gives an aged appearance to room - especially if it had been
re-decorated. To ensure that the desired finish is achieved over the
longer term, Levello offers paintable front plates with practically all
of their products to ensure that the colour of the visible part of the
fitting not only blends in with the ceiling but ages gracefully too.