There are other factors that would have an impact on this.
Can you put recessed lights in a vaulted ceiling.
Recessed lighting gives a sleek and understated glow in living rooms and other gathering spaces in your home.
As an alternative you can install recessed lights.
But there s a twist.
New construction housing should be used if the ceiling is accessible.
Housing trim style and bulb or lamp type.
I am not fully on board with that method but i am okay if you use it.
Unlike the typical way of installing recessed lights you need special housing cans also known as shovel cut cans that are angled to fit up to a 45 degree slope for fitting the lights.
Where i work some people use regular can lights and use adjustable trims.
Recessed light fixtures are flush with the ceiling making them great for rooms with low ceilings.
Because of the depth you have 8 inches this can is 5 1 2 inches.
I mentioned the size of recessed light fixtures and the number of lumens they put out.
You can evenly place recessed lights around the vaulted ceiling perimeter which will highlight the vaulted ceiling by shining dots and draw attention to it.
If you had clicked on the link of the of the lights that we used you would have seen this in the description feature clips to secure the housing to the ceiling surface the remodeling recessed lights have clips that lock into the drywall as i explained and showed in step 6 of the post eliminating the need to attach them directly to.
There are special considerations for angled ceilings.
I suggest you use a gimbal ring trim.
Sometimes called can lights or downlights these fixtures have three main components that can define the type of recessed light.
When attempting to plan lighting for any room including rooms with vaulted ceiling make sure to apply the concept of light layering and use more than one source of light.
The recessed lighting housing type you select is based on the type of installation you ll be doing.
It works like a eyeball but the lamp is recessed so you don t get that bug eye some people associate with eyeball trims.
Can you put recessed lights between floors.
You ll need to specifically use recessed lights for sloped ceilings to make sure the light beam of light shines in the correct direction.
If the ceiling is not accessible for example in the case of a drop ceiling installation you must use remodel housing.
Lights for a 10 foot ceiling would be spaced 5 feet apart etc etc.