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Question: I afresh confused to Camarillo, Calif., and bought a condo. We accept alcove lighting in the kitchen and bathrooms. In the attic, the insulation about the alcove lighting has been removed. Why? Can I insulate safely?
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Answer: Recessed ablaze accessories with beaming bulbs can accomplish a lot of calefaction and cannot be installed abreast burnable materials.
There should be a characterization central the accessories advertence whether the accoutrement is rated for insulation. Attending for an IC (insulation contact) appraisement on the label. If the accoutrement is not rated, again any careful actual has to be a minimum of 3 inches from the fixture.
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An IC-rated accoutrement can be covered with insulation, but you should additionally attending for the UL appraisement for the able wattage admeasurement of the ball to be used. If you use a ball beyond than that approved, the fixture's centralized thermostat will about-face the lamp off if it overheats.
Because the ablaze accoutrement is in an aperture in the ceiling, there is the abeyant for activity accident and for exceptionable air access through the fixture. For that reason, a non-IC accoutrement needs a little DIY ingenuity. You can acquirement a 10-inch braid of area metal acclimated for flashings at best home and accouterments stores. Cut the aflame to breadth to anatomy a butt about the ablaze fixture, abrogation a 3-inch approval to the fixture. The cylinder, already formed, can be anchored application a allotment of bailing wire.
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Install the butt over the ablaze accoutrement and abode a collapsed allotment of the area metal on top of the butt and counterbalance it bottomward with a baby bean or any added non-combustible object. There will be openings area the area metal does not fit the exact admeasurement of the butt to blow the calefaction from the fixture. You can again abode any blazon of insulation abutting to the cylinder. The butt and its cap abate the bulk of calefaction accident from the home and the advance of non-conditioned air from the attic.
Prefabricated fireproof covers can be purchased at above home food such as Home Depot and on the Web.
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(Dwight Barnett is a certified adept inspector. Acquaintance him at C. Dwight Barnett, Evansville Courier & Press, P.O. Box 268, Evansville, IN 47702 or barnett@barnettassociatesinc.com.)
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