airtight downlights

[wookey]

Recessed downlights are bad for all of: airtightness, vapour-tightness, fireproofing, condensation and insulation. About the only good thing about them is that they are cheap and look OK. I have still got 3, but their days are numbered and no new ones are going in anywhere.

[srooks]

So , what's the replacement , if you've got 8 x 80cm holes in your ceiling?

[Bodidly]

So , what's the replacement , if you've got 8 x 80cm holes in your ceiling?

I have recently fitted some Halers evo-led lights into a kitchen. The light I thought was excellent and I think the fitting  had a closed back. Led fittings are coming on in leaps and bounds in my view.

Hope this helps
Beau

[linesrg]

Wookey,

We have fireproof intumescent downlighter fittings in our kitchen ceiling and yes we have a problem with draughts. I have ordered some caps from TLC and will start fitting them later in the year along with stuffing the ceiling space with fibreglass.

I believe that any downlighter fitting will be 'ventilated', in the case of intumescent ones the expansion of the intumescent material blocks off/ seals the whole fitting.

I thought we had blocked all known sources of 'ventilation' prior to the ceiling going up.......................................

Regards

Richard