So have just fitted some led downlights in an upstairs room, I think I'm right in saying that with downlights fitted upstairs you don't need to be concerned about fire rated covers to go over the lights to insulated them against fire but you also shouldn't cover downlights with insulation in the loft?. I have looked and just bog standard downlight covers are fairly expensive for what they are and if you have a fair few downlights they can become expensive.
So I was wondering what ideas people have had for home made downlight covers?. I was thinking of just getting some plastic flower pots with the holes in the bottom or getting some 2 litre paint mixing pots from work (and drilling a few holes in the bottom) and just sticking them in place over the lights they would be large enough to have a inch or so circumference clearance around the light itself and 2-3 inches above it and just lay the insulation over the flower pot, i think this is more that enough as having had the downlights on for an hour I have gone into the loft and touched the shell of the downlight there's hardly any heat coming from them at all.
Is there any reason you should buy these over priced downlight covers for upstairs lighting over making up your own home made cover?
So I was wondering what ideas people have had for home made downlight covers?. I was thinking of just getting some plastic flower pots with the holes in the bottom or getting some 2 litre paint mixing pots from work (and drilling a few holes in the bottom) and just sticking them in place over the lights they would be large enough to have a inch or so circumference clearance around the light itself and 2-3 inches above it and just lay the insulation over the flower pot, i think this is more that enough as having had the downlights on for an hour I have gone into the loft and touched the shell of the downlight there's hardly any heat coming from them at all.
Is there any reason you should buy these over priced downlight covers for upstairs lighting over making up your own home made cover?