Hi,
I bought a house back in December, took out all the ceilings due to leaks in the roof and reinstalled with down lights in most rooms. I have roughly 45 and now it has got to winter I have noticed that a draught comes through the holes of the lights. I heat the house to 18-20 degrees but it just doesn't stay warm for long.
I currently have insulation installed leaving a gap of about 80mm around the fittings. I bought GU10 down lights that were suitable to LED bulbs (living room dimmable). The units have cooling holes at the top but I know that the halogen bulbs let off a hell of a lot of heat. The bulbs that I have are good quality 5w/6w syvania and only get slightly warm compared to the halogen bulbs.
To stop the draught what I was think of doing was getting a large plant pot which would leave 50mm to the sides and above and then lay insulation over the top, covering the whole loft. This was the insulation will never touch the bulb but I will be able to insulate the loft to the required 300mm. As I can fee a draught coming through I guess that if any heat is built up it will come back into the room.
Any advice would be great,
Thanks
I bought a house back in December, took out all the ceilings due to leaks in the roof and reinstalled with down lights in most rooms. I have roughly 45 and now it has got to winter I have noticed that a draught comes through the holes of the lights. I heat the house to 18-20 degrees but it just doesn't stay warm for long.
I currently have insulation installed leaving a gap of about 80mm around the fittings. I bought GU10 down lights that were suitable to LED bulbs (living room dimmable). The units have cooling holes at the top but I know that the halogen bulbs let off a hell of a lot of heat. The bulbs that I have are good quality 5w/6w syvania and only get slightly warm compared to the halogen bulbs.
To stop the draught what I was think of doing was getting a large plant pot which would leave 50mm to the sides and above and then lay insulation over the top, covering the whole loft. This was the insulation will never touch the bulb but I will be able to insulate the loft to the required 300mm. As I can fee a draught coming through I guess that if any heat is built up it will come back into the room.
Any advice would be great,
Thanks