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I am refurbishing a bathroom and want to fit GU10 down lights with LED bulbs. Question is do I have to fit fire rated shower down lights everywhere in the bathroom or can I use regular fire rated down lights everywhere except those that go over shower cubicles or the bath? In my case only 2 down...

Well, I checked with the manufacturer and apparently they specify a gap of 100mm to insulation for the shallow down lights so not suitable. Now researching other options, including very low profile surface mounted LED lights. Problem is that I don't want a 'central' light but a number of lights...

What wattage was the LED and did you replace it with another LED? How much space did you leave?

I agree LED's produce some heat but nowhere near as much as a conventional bulb or a GU10 halogen bulb. Question is - what is minimum space I can fit an LED fitting into and how big a gap do I need to leave around the fitting from the insulation?

I have asked supplier for information but as they are LED and produce little/no heat I am hoping they can be in close contact with insulation!

Okay, so with just 30mm projection into the void I could simply push up the insulation over the LED light fittings without disturbing the insulation properties?

I am installing LED down lights in the ceiling of a flat roof. The LED down lights (3.5 Watt) are 45mm deep and I want to fit them into the ceiling under the 150mm insulation. Can I just cut a small recess in the insulation (Kingspan) to accommodate the fittings and so not lose insulation...

So, it looks like it will be okay because the height of the raised flat roof is still well below the eaves of the main structure of the house?

To gain the extra ceiling height in the extension I will need to step up the height of the flat roof where the extension joins the garage. The extension will be the same width as garage just with a higher flat roof by approx 250mm. Overall height will still be well below 4metres and probably...

House was built in 1935. Some extensions in 2009 - 2.8m rear extension to sitting room.

I want to extend our flat roof garage rearwards into the rear garden by approx 3 metres to make a bigger kitchen. The garage has a low ceiling height so the rear extension will be higher than the garage (but less than 4 metres) but still with a flat "warm" roof. Is this okay under PD even...

Thanks - house is not in conservation area or anything. It looks like I should be okay under Class A. Rear roof currently slopes from Apex to first floor level so 1st floor extension is really a "dormer" but by extending over original extension I can see that it could fall within Class A. Either...

I want to put a dormer to increase bedroom space. The dormer would extend partly over an existing 2.5m ground floor extension that was built 5 years ago and for which normal planning permission was granted. The dormer would finish approx 1 metre from the roof edge. All facing the rear of the...

Thanks , I am not converting the gable to a hip, just building up a section of the gable to act as one end of a "dormer". Does that make any difference? The hip will be atop the "dormer" and at 90 degrees to the gable end i.e. facing the rear.

I want to build an extension to a bedroom whereby one end of the dormer will be formed by building up the house gable at the side of the house so matching an extension on the other side of the roof. Both extensions are to the rear of the property, both will be below the apex of the roof and will...