recessed lights. ic box

[SaM]

simple question: can the ic box for a recessed light touch the sub floor above?

Tye

[Roy Mottola]

[Joseph Meehan]

Depends on the light. Some can't. It needs to be rated for direct contact.

[Ceraboy]

My IC boxes specifically stated no closer than 2" to any joists, so I would assume this applies the subfloor as well. If you are in a pince you could use the compact fluorescent floods, but were the unthinkable to happen and someone replaced the CF with an incandesent and caused a fire you would be sorry.

I am assuming you are talking about the boxes that take the RC30 light bulbs. Perhaps the ultra small compact lights and boxes will give you enough clearance to prevent a serious problem.