Headroom above light fitting - regulations?

[Possom]

I was considering having a light fitting installed in my attic so no-one has to continue bringing a torch anytime anyone has to go up there.

Before I go to source someone who could potentially install this, I was wondering if there are regulations which mean a light fitting has to be a minimum height from the ground?

At a guess, I'd say the peak inside the loft is possibly 5 ft 10 inches from the ground. Therefore any light fitting would have to be a horizontal tube, it certainly couldn't be a pendant drop.

Thanks.

 

[EFLImpudence]

No, just common sense - only available in a few places these days.

Also common sense for type of fitting; you wouldn't want a bare bulb at eye height.

 

[Tigercubrider]

Bulkheads can be at foot level or on a wall, in an attic it makes sense to have something higher up to light up a bigger area, ideally not so high as to need a stepladder to fix

 

[RF Lighting]

Fit a vapourproof fluorescent fitting, then if the worst thing happenes and you accidentally smash the tube, all the fragments are contained within the fitting which is far safer than a bare tube showering you in hot glass.

 

[Possom]

Fit a vapourproof fluorescent fitting, then if the worst thing happenes and you accidentally smash the tube, all the fragments are contained within the fitting which is far safer than a bare tube showering you in hot glass.

I didn't know about those. Thanks for that.

 

[Possom]

Would it be a requirement that a cage or grille be installed over the tube to prevent breakage?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Not in a house.

 

[flameport]

cage or grille be installed over the tube to prevent breakage?

They don't prevent breakage either, particularly when someone drives under a mezzanine floor with a forklift truck extended too high, rips the conduit from the ceiling and causes several fluorescent fittings to smash on the concrete warehouse floor.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Bulk head or fluorescent with a diffuser, should be safe enough to stop harm.
Not the smelly type diffusers neither.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

They don't prevent breakage either, particularly when someone drives under a mezzanine floor with a forklift truck extended too high, rips the conduit from the ceiling and causes several fluorescent fittings to smash on the concrete warehouse floor.

Will have to remember that, for the next time the Missus is loading the fridge with a folk lift truck.

 

[Possom]

Bulk head or fluorescent with a diffuser, should be safe enough to stop harm.
Not the smelly type diffusers neither.

There's smelly type diffusers?

 

[Possom]

Would it standard to ask the installer for a minor works certificate certifying that the installation was to a certain BS standard (I don't specifically know which)?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes. BS7671 The Wiring Regulations.

 

[Possom]

Thanks.