Fire rated downlights necessary

[gillpeer]

I am considering fitting low voltage halogen downlights in one of the downstairs rooms in a detached house, above which is one of the bedrooms.

Do I need to fit fire rated lights?

 

[stephenf8542]

only if your ceiling is a fire barrier

 

[gillpeer]

What is meant by ceiling being a fire barrier?

 

[flameport]

The ceiling will be a fire barrier if it is between two separate fire compartments. It will prevent fire from spreading from one area to another for a specified time.

For domestic properties the only common ones are the ceiling of an integral garage, or the ceiling between separate flats, or if the building is 3 or more storeys.

The ceilings in a normal house are NOT fire barriers. You do not need fire rated downlighters.

 

[RF Lighting]

http://www2.theiet.org/Publish/Wire...nstalling_recessed_luminaires_in_ceilings.pdf

 

[Steve]

I am considering fitting low voltage halogen downlights

Dont.

Fit low energy ones, if you must have downlights.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The ceilings in a normal house are NOT fire barriers.

For anyone unsure about this, go to the foot of your stairs, and look up through the ****** great hole in the downstairs ceiling...

 

[Steve]

The ceilings in a normal house are NOT fire barriers.

For anyone unsure about this, go to the foot of your stairs, and look up through the ****** great hole in the downstairs ceiling...

And for the pedants out there, somewhere between two of the floors in a 3-storey house will be a fire door.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And for the cynical realists out there, somewhere between two of the floors in a 2-storey house with a loft conversion will be where a fire door was temporarily installed while the BCO did his final inspection...

 

[Steve]

And for the cynical realists out there, somewhere between two of the floors in a 2-storey house with a loft conversion will be where a fire door was temporarily installed while the BCO did his final inspection...