Hi fellas
I posted a similar question in the 'floors and lofts' forum, but guess they are mostly floor-and-loft types over there so I've had no replies. I'm hoping some bright spark can help though... (pun intended!)
Mrs Nobby and I bought a bungalow earlier this year, which has halogens fitted throughout. I think they're all fire rated GU10s, but I've not checked all of them. These were fitted during a refit just before we bought the place. The loft insulation (pink rockwool) was 'fixed' by simply pulling the insulation back away from the lights.
Now it is getting colder outside, the house is leaking heat like crazy. I'm planning to add some extra insulation, and am aware there are gadgets for creating air gaps between light and insulation...
but
as well as adding more insulation I'd like to board part of the loft for storage, which would mean covering some of the lights. The lights sit in plaster board suspended from 3"x2" joists, which are 18" apart (centre-to-centre). Would it be okay to board straight over the lights, which would effectively seal them into boxes with rockwool at each end (about 10" away), 8" either side to the joists, and then about 2" to the underside of the board?
Any advice of tips you can give would be really appreciated as I've 350 quids worth of boards and insulation in the garage ready to lay (yep, you guessed it, it hadn't occured to me that this might be a problem!)
Cheers in advance folks
Nobby
p.s. I don't need to worry about wires going over joists and between the boards as the ones leading to the lights in question all run parallel to the joists.
I posted a similar question in the 'floors and lofts' forum, but guess they are mostly floor-and-loft types over there so I've had no replies. I'm hoping some bright spark can help though... (pun intended!)
Mrs Nobby and I bought a bungalow earlier this year, which has halogens fitted throughout. I think they're all fire rated GU10s, but I've not checked all of them. These were fitted during a refit just before we bought the place. The loft insulation (pink rockwool) was 'fixed' by simply pulling the insulation back away from the lights.
Now it is getting colder outside, the house is leaking heat like crazy. I'm planning to add some extra insulation, and am aware there are gadgets for creating air gaps between light and insulation...
but
as well as adding more insulation I'd like to board part of the loft for storage, which would mean covering some of the lights. The lights sit in plaster board suspended from 3"x2" joists, which are 18" apart (centre-to-centre). Would it be okay to board straight over the lights, which would effectively seal them into boxes with rockwool at each end (about 10" away), 8" either side to the joists, and then about 2" to the underside of the board?
Any advice of tips you can give would be really appreciated as I've 350 quids worth of boards and insulation in the garage ready to lay (yep, you guessed it, it hadn't occured to me that this might be a problem!)
Cheers in advance folks
Nobby
p.s. I don't need to worry about wires going over joists and between the boards as the ones leading to the lights in question all run parallel to the joists.