Kitchen cupboards get warm.

[greencoat]

Hi all,

our kitchen wall cupboards get warm during the evening when we have the lights on underneath them. They are small flourescent units with 18w tubes in.

Is there something I can line the bottom of the cupboards with to prevent the bottom part of the cupboard getting warm?

We're concerned about some food items which are warming up every day by being in there.

Cheers,

Pete

 

[foxhole]

Dry or tinned food will be unaffected, but you could put laggers foil tape underneath to reflect the heat or a thin baton between fitting and base to allow better ventilation.

 

[greencoat]

Thanks,

the lights are tiled around, so moving them to allow for venting is a bit of a problem. The tape might be ok, but I'm not sure if just putting it above the light would be enough...I'll try though.

In addition, I was hoping to find some kind of insulating material as a thin layer in bottom of the cupboards, but I can't think of anything except polystyrene.


Cheers,

Pete

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

have got a picture of your set up?

 

[Nige F]

polystyrene/foil combo from a diy store - goes behind rads usually