The Electrical Safety Council recommends that fire rated options should be used in all buildings even though fire resistant downlights are not legally needed under a roof void. The fire rating of a downlight has to match the fire rating of the ceiling, maintaining its minimum period of fire resistance. Typically fire resistance for a standard home (not a block of…
The fire rating of a building indicates just how well its ceiling is able to slow the spread of a fire. Ceilings are particularly important barriers as they curtail the progress of a fire throughout a building.However, when we create holes in our ceilings in which to install recessed downlights, it reduces its fire-retardant ability, allowing oxygen through which feeds…