How to install non-ic can lighting in the ceiling w/blown insulation ...

[Tekkie©]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:28:41 -0700 (PDT), Sid 03 posted for all of us to digest...

Foam board? Nah

[Dean Hoffman]

I was thinking he could cut the bottom out then set the can over the light. Take the cap off for ventilation. Spray paint it green to be environmentally correct.

[Sid 03]

Possible Solution:

[gfretwell]

That looks like a winner

[trader_4]

The key to these things is you just need to know what the thing you're looking for is called. Once you know that you know what to search for. I just went through that with my gas grill renovation. I need two little widgets that go on after the two big wheels to hold them on. I've seen them many times, never knew what they were called. They are the washer kind of thing, with teeth on the inside, where you push it over a rod or shaft and then spring tension keeps it there. I had no idea what they are called. Turns out it's called a push on lock star washer or fastener. Now I just have to hope that Lowes has it, already tried HD. HD has greatly reduced their section where they have things like this in drawers. Lowes has more, but many times when you find the drawer, most of it is empty, the rest is all jumbled up, all kinds of wrong sizes, wrong widgets, mixed in. I'd gladly pay more for this stuff if they used the money to hire a part time kid to keep it stocked and orderly.

[Tekkie©]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:20:22 -0700 (PDT), Sid 03 posted for all of us to digest...

We have a winner! Also looks like the most inexpensive one too!

[gfretwell]

I would go to Ace Hardware for that. They are locally owned and far more responsive to the needs of local people. I would get a guy or lady who knew exactly what I wanted and walk me over to it, maybe even giving me tips on how to install them. Sometimes you have to admit, paying an extra nickel for a widget is worth it to get a little service. Ace is always my first stop for any kind of hardware item, even if I could find it myself a little cheaper at the BORG.

Fact: I was sitting on the floor at the Home Depot once reorganizing several boxes of missorted FMC connectors trying to get the ones I needed and an employee who knew me actually walked by and said "That's why we call this a 'do it yourself' store. If you want to find something do it yourself". He kept walking.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Did not have a nearby Ace where I lived before so had no idea. When we moved here there was all the little stuff a new house needs so went to the nearby Ace. Have not been to a big box since. The service there is incredible. Plenty of people to help.

[trader_4]

I mostly avoid the local Ace like the plague. They insist on "helping" you when you don't need help and they know nothing. One idiot that I hate the most gave me a big lecture on the wonders of Sharkbite fittings, when I wasn't even looking for a fitting. I needed a simple water pressure gauge, which of course they didn't have. He also told me that the municipal water pressure is 4 PSI and that he does repairs at the local school. HD is 7 miles farther, but they have a much better selection, lower prices and no idiots pestering me.

[jimmy]

Apparently Langone got TDS and is converting to Biden Marxism so you'll be at home there.

[Davej]

I'm installing the thin LED type of fixtures but even for them I want to keep the blown insulation away so that it cannot potentially infiltrate into the living area. I plan to use plastic planter saucers and caulk them to the top of the ceiling.

Something like this...

[gfretwell]

Must be a local problem. They ask me if I need help, I usually say no and they leave me alone. When I do want help, they are helpful. OTOH my wife loved them. She could walk in with something from the club, hold it up and they would go get her one. She never had to do much of anything but pay and go.