Fireproof bathroom spots

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There are spot lights in the bathroom's wood panel ceiling of a house I'm buying. The surveyor says they do not have adequate fire proofing. Can anyone advise me how to rectify this? Loads of thanks x :confused:
 
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is he definately talking about the downlights or is it the ceiling?

fire hoods would fix the downlight issue i would imagine

the timber ceiling should be fire treated or replaced with plaster

best to speak to your surveyor to clarify things - its what youve paid him for - get your moneys worth
 
Thanks v much for your reply. Yep, she was talking about the lights specifically. Are these hoods something I could pick up at the local hardware store? The spots look like all the others I've seen in previous bathrooms, nothing special about these by the looks of them.
 
How many floors in the house?

What's above the bathroom?

Needing intumescent hoods or intumescent luminaires to restore the fire rating of a ceiling is unusual in an ordinary house - are you sure that the surveyor didn't mean that the lights were not F marked, and therefore not suitable for mounting on a normally flammable surface, like wood?
 
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Thanks Ban-all-Sheds. I guess I'll go back and check my report. It's just the loft above as it's a standard 1950's 3 bed semi.
 

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