Loft insulation over downlights

Meets Current Regulations. Free UK Delivery On Orders Over £29. The Loft Lid creates a protective barrier or cover over downlights to prevent over heating and house fires.

The design ensures loft insulation does not directly contact downlights and that there is enough ventilation around the light for heat dissipation. I have is through the round holes in the ceiling from below. We have downlights spread between rooms. They are all LED or low energy spots. I am installing top up insulation and note that the original.

Another popular option is the blown-in insulation which uses specially designed equipment to blow-in the. In the section ‘How to prepare to lay loft floor insulation ’, you checked if you have insulation guards fitted over any recessed downlights. The following steps advise on how to fit new guards (if there are none in place) and lay insulation accordingly. On loft area you have to use downlights cover or downlights designed to be covered by insulation. Take away part of insulations is O. Insulation should have continuity.

And Electrical Safety Council recommend always use Fire rated downlights. Read Reviews And View Previous Work. After fitting LED downlights , can they be covered with loft insulation or will.

Alternatively, depending on the size of the voi you can buy fire hoods that go over and around the light unit that might have some insulating properties. Buy Direct From The Manufacturer. I currently have 200mm loft insulation and am planning to topup to 300mm.

For now I have rolled back all the insulation away from the downlights for safety while I sort out what is the safest way the place back the insulation. What do you do with the loft insulation when installing downlights. Do you use hoods designed for the lights and keep the insulation ? In the floor of the loft above, what can I use for insulation over the rear of the. You can then fit wooden boards over the top for the new floor cover.

Hi All I have downlights in my bathroom ceiling, which in turn are present in the loft. I cant be certain theyre fire safe ones. Ive just laid new loft insulation.

However, over the entire space where the bathroom lies below the insulation had been removed and it now lies in a big heap the other side of the loft. The bathroom had new lights installed just before I moved in. As these are LED Watt Fire Rated Downlights do i need to remove the loft insulation from the area where the lights will be fitte or is it safe to lay insulation over the top of these type of lights. I have looked at loft insulation cap and they are not cheap, if i wanted to cover all my lights i would be looking at well over £100.

Re: the insulation , Click (Scolemore) do CFL firerated downlights that run cool enough to be covered by insulation - and say so in the instructions. A The combination of halogen downlighters and loft insulation is a good example of the problems that home owners face when trying to be simultaneously environmentally conscious and fashionable. Many lighting manufacturers will have their own products to solve this problem.

The “F-capped” Approved Loft Covers maintain sufficient space around the fitting to allow continuous insulation to be laid directly over light fittings minimising overheating or fire risk. The durable and lightweight covers are simply placed over the light fittings to allow the safe installation of loft insulation. I live in a bungalow and put all my loft installation over my mains and lighting cabling for the same reason as the OP i. Firstly there are loft caps or fire hoods available that will keep the insulation a safe distance from the fitting whilst still allowing air to circulate.

Alternatively, the easiest option for new installations is to buy specifically designed fire rated downlights which can be completely covered with insulation.