Boarding a loft with downlighters

Use weldmesh, not chicken wire.

I would have thought that the sort of wire basket which is designed to go round a low level fan-blown balanced flue would be about right to put over each lamp, with a suitable hole in the flooring. The basket would keep the insulation away fom the lamp, and allow air to circulate.

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Chris

"Set Square" wrote | I would have thought that the sort of wire basket which is | designed to go round a low level fan-blown balanced flue | would be about right to put over each lamp, ...

The sort of thing stacked at the entrance of Morrisons (or Waitrose for the posh of shopping)?

Owain

Yes, but not the plastic variety used by Sainsbury's!

I recall seeing in a building trade journal recently that there are now regulations to maintain the degree of fire protection afforded by plasterboard into the roof space and that breakthroughs such as down lighters have to be sealed ... needless to say the article mentioned a special product for the job which was of a rubber-like compound. I picked up the journal in Travis Perkins last week and it is now in the recycling bin. Mike

Trouble is that the device designed to stop fires spreading between floors actually increases the liklihood of a fire by making the downlighter overheat!

One of many reasons not to install downlighters then! Not only do they produce light in an inefficient way, most of the light doesn't actually light the room. All the energy escapes through holes in the ceiling, along with the central heating heat, unless you seal them in so that they get so hot, that the bulbs pop every 20 minutes at 5 quid a pop. Not exactly environmentally sound, either way...

Christian.

Thank you for sharing your brilliant ideas.

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