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Open back downlight EICR code

Farmboy
A trade association says that no fire hood fitted on an open back downlighter in a first floor ceiling with a room above, is a C2, and C3 when no room above, whereas a different trade association says no code required because it's not a wiring issue. So, which is it, code or no code?


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    John Peckham:

    No need to worry about holes in a ceiling between the ground floor and the 1st floor as there is already a stonking great hole already in the form of a staircase to act as a very good chimney for flames and hot gases to rapidly rise up.




     

    You're upstairs in bed and the fire alarm goes off. Damn and blast, the hall, stairs and landing are full of smoke, so you shut the bedroom door again. Now what? You call the fire brigade and with luck, they will turn up within the half hour that normal doors and ceilings will allow.


    Step-daughter and husband, who are doing a self-build (electrics by guess who?) tell me that the building control people are very particular about doors and ceilings and their fire integrity.
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    John Peckham:

    No need to worry about holes in a ceiling between the ground floor and the 1st floor as there is already a stonking great hole already in the form of a staircase to act as a very good chimney for flames and hot gases to rapidly rise up.




     

    You're upstairs in bed and the fire alarm goes off. Damn and blast, the hall, stairs and landing are full of smoke, so you shut the bedroom door again. Now what? You call the fire brigade and with luck, they will turn up within the half hour that normal doors and ceilings will allow.


    Step-daughter and husband, who are doing a self-build (electrics by guess who?) tell me that the building control people are very particular about doors and ceilings and their fire integrity.
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