Triple Downlighter, Fire Rated ?
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Do you actually require fire-rated? What is above the ceiling?
If it's the same property, you don't have to have fire-rated, then.
The only difference would be some intumescent material included.
The only difference would be some intumescent material included.
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Well, that is very true! 
Though to be honest, I'd rather go the fire-rated route even regardless of the building regs. Given the option of fire-rated and non-fire rated, I'd rather the former for just a few pounds extra. I read a 30 minute fire resistant ceiling can be reduced to under 5 minutes with the addition of down-lights
Finding a triple spotlight with fire-rating is pretty much impossible though!
Though to be honest, I'd rather go the fire-rated route even regardless of the building regs. Given the option of fire-rated and non-fire rated, I'd rather the former for just a few pounds extra. I read a 30 minute fire resistant ceiling can be reduced to under 5 minutes with the addition of down-lights
Finding a triple spotlight with fire-rating is pretty much impossible though!
I don't know if there are any like that which are.
Someone else might.
Someone else might.
You say "above is a bedroom", but above what? A habitable room or a garage? Makes a big difference.
How many storeys in the house?
Why do you have a building inspector telling you what lights you should have anyway?
How up for a fight with him are you?
You could always try deciding not to install lights which are deliberately designed to be no good at lighting up rooms.
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Agreed, they are absolutely useless at lighting up rooms.
They are, however, considerably better at lighting down.
They are, however, considerably better at lighting down.
Above another habitable room.
He didn't specifically say to get fire-rated lights, but said to fireboard the ceiling. So it wouldn't be logical to cut holes and put non-fire rated in there. As I say, I don't mind to pay a few quid extra to have it all fire-rated. I don't understand why they even make non-fire-rated considering the small difference in price.
As for lighting up rooms, they can work just fine providing the bulbs are with a wide beam angle and you have enough of them, but in my case they're going to be for lighting up some specific features in the house.
If anyone else is looking for the same, as Aptsys says, you can construct a box out of fireboard around the fixture, as I'll do. Or if you really want to spend money, use a firehood, such as JCC JC93002
He didn't specifically say to get fire-rated lights, but said to fireboard the ceiling. So it wouldn't be logical to cut holes and put non-fire rated in there. As I say, I don't mind to pay a few quid extra to have it all fire-rated. I don't understand why they even make non-fire-rated considering the small difference in price.
As for lighting up rooms, they can work just fine providing the bulbs are with a wide beam angle and you have enough of them, but in my case they're going to be for lighting up some specific features in the house.
If anyone else is looking for the same, as Aptsys says, you can construct a box out of fireboard around the fixture, as I'll do. Or if you really want to spend money, use a firehood, such as JCC JC93002
Well saying that, the entire thread could have been shortened if my original question was answered instead of debated. But importantly, I have my answer and hopefully someone else will find the information here useful too.
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