BCO just been out for final inspection...
I need shrouds inside the ceiling cavity covering the LVD's, he said
they're cloth and look like little tents, anyone know where I can buy
them ?

thanks

LJ

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"in2minds" writes:
BCO just been out for final inspection...
I need shrouds inside the ceiling cavity covering the LVD's, he said
they're cloth and look like little tents, anyone know where I can buy
them ?

Any local electrical wholesaler, or somewhere like TLC mail order...
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ght/index.html

--
Andrew Gabriel

BCO just been out for final inspection...
I need shrouds inside the ceiling cavity covering the LVD's, he said
they're cloth and look like little tents, anyone know where I can buy
them ?

Any local electrical wholesaler, or somewhere like TLC mail order...
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ght/index.html


thanks Andrew, knowing the proper term for them helped... local factors
can get them £307 for 29...

could have had an all-in-one light fitting for £14 each if I'd known /c;

SWMBO nearly fell over (c;

LJ

Blimey!!

is there anyway to do this on the cheep, (just thinking out loud) but
could you build a plaster board box around the light in the cavity, and
surround it with insulation?

lucky my kitchen lights are in a first floor flat, I paid around 100
quid for 10 lights/transformers/junction boxes, etc... which I thought
was a bargain... but if I was downstairs I would have had to pay out
another 120 quid for these things...

is there anyway to do this on the cheep, (just thinking out loud) but
could you build a plaster board box around the light in the cavity,
and
surround it with insulation?


lights are in adn the ceiling is plastered, the only way I can add fire
protection to the downlighters is to use these intumescent shrouds

lucky my kitchen lights are in a first floor flat, I paid around 100
quid for 10 lights/transformers/junction boxes, etc... which I thought
was a bargain... but if I was downstairs I would have had to pay out
another 120 quid for these things...


well, I only paid £100 for 30 from screwfix so can't complain... until a
transformer goes and I have to pull the ceiling apart to replace it that
is (c;

LJ

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"in2minds" writes:

well, I only paid £100 for 30 from screwfix so can't complain... until a
transformer goes and I have to pull the ceiling apart to replace it that
is (c;

They should have been inserted through the light holes,
so that they can easily be withdrawn and replaced.

--
Andrew Gabriel

"Harris" wrote in message
oups.com...
Blimey!!

is there anyway to do this on the cheep, (just thinking out loud) but
could you build a plaster board box around the light in the cavity, and
surround it with insulation?

lucky my kitchen lights are in a first floor flat, I paid around 100
quid for 10 lights/transformers/junction boxes, etc... which I thought
was a bargain... but if I was downstairs I would have had to pay out
another 120 quid for these things...

I thought flats on any floor have to have them.

I thought flats on any floor have to have them.

hope not, its a converted house and the only thing above is the loft
space so I doubt it... (downstairs has them without shrouds!)

in2minds wrote:
BCO just been out for final inspection...
I need shrouds inside the ceiling cavity covering the LVD's, he said
they're cloth and look like little tents, anyone know where I can buy
them ?

thanks

LJ



I thought these were only needed when insulation would cover the lights,
are they really needed in a (downstairs?) ceiling "cavity"?

Dave

BCO just been out for final inspection...
I need shrouds inside the ceiling cavity covering the LVD's, he said
they're cloth and look like little tents, anyone know where I can buy
them ?


I thought these were only needed when insulation would cover the
lights, are they really needed in a (downstairs?) ceiling "cavity"?


they're in the basement ceiling cavity, it had to have 30 minutes fire
protection and the downlighters don't provide that cover without the
shrouds

LJ

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Dave writes:

I thought these were only needed when insulation would cover the lights,
are they really needed in a (downstairs?) ceiling "cavity"?

Strictly, they are needed whereever you punch a hole though a fire
barrier. This would apply to any such lights in a 3-storey house
except on the top floor. It may apply in other situations too (it
would seem to be a reasonable requirement for all kitchen ceilings
for example, although I don't think it is).

They are nothing to do with keeping insulation of the lights, but
to ensure fire doesn't spread through the light filling to the
area above the ceiling.

--
Andrew Gabriel

"in2minds" wrote in message
...
BCO just been out for final inspection...
I need shrouds inside the ceiling cavity covering the LVD's, he said
they're cloth and look like little tents, anyone know where I can buy
them ?

Screwfix stock them.