Insulation up to enclosed fire proof flouescent downlights?

[aceparts]

Bon
Been up in the loft today and noticed we have about 1 square foot or more around each downlight casing with NO insulation.
Each light is an L1 (energy saving only bulb) of just 10w and the housing is a 90min fire rated ip44 metal housing. Building regs say insulation should be unbroken but we have nearly 100 downlights in our house so it's equal to about 100 ft/sq of missing insulation!



Am I safe to insulate up to the metal?

[Spudler]

Buy a length of soil pipe(6 or 9") and cut into 6" (approx) sections and place over lamps.
As you've got so many this will prpbably be the cheapest option.

Personally i'd say your fine with your lamps and insulation.

[Gingerbread Man]

From a sparky I work with, put flower pots over them.

[Simpo Two]

Gingerbread Man said:

From a sparky I work with, put flower pots over them.

(Terracotta not plastic!)

[V8covin]

I only have 2 rows of 4 in a bedroom but I boxed them in by fixing some 3x2 to the top of the joists with sheet plywood on top.
There's plenty of air space around the fittings plus you can lay your insulation safely on top of the plywood