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Advice needed
retireddad
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Hello
We recently moved into a property which has many good things about it.
But recently we noticed that bedrooms in first floor and lot cold and there is not much of airflow in bathrooms even though it had ceiling extractor fans.
I climbed onto loft to find that most of the loft insulation has been shoved to one side (to keep them away from downlights i think, and there are about 35 of them) and also the tubings from extractor fan just opens into loft area.
How do I sort these out?
1.How can I put back loft insulation without risking fire hazard(the downlights are cfl ones and used at the most 3-4 hours a day)
2.Or are the insulation material supposed to be kept well away from downlights?
3.Where should the outlets from bathroom extractor fan end and how to go about achieving it?
Is this something I can do on DIY basis or do i need to get a handyman?
We recently moved into a property which has many good things about it.
But recently we noticed that bedrooms in first floor and lot cold and there is not much of airflow in bathrooms even though it had ceiling extractor fans.
I climbed onto loft to find that most of the loft insulation has been shoved to one side (to keep them away from downlights i think, and there are about 35 of them) and also the tubings from extractor fan just opens into loft area.
How do I sort these out?
1.How can I put back loft insulation without risking fire hazard(the downlights are cfl ones and used at the most 3-4 hours a day)
2.Or are the insulation material supposed to be kept well away from downlights?
3.Where should the outlets from bathroom extractor fan end and how to go about achieving it?
Is this something I can do on DIY basis or do i need to get a handyman?
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You can buy steel protector chimneys from DIY shops to put over the downlighters or go to the garden centre and buy some suitably sized clay flower pots with the hole in the bottom.
The best way with the extractor fan is to use flexible ducting and discharge the air down through the eaves soffitYou scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe (Henry IV part 2)0 -
anotherbaldrick wrote: »You can buy steel protector chimneys from DIY shops to put over the downlighters or go to the garden centre and buy some suitably sized clay flower pots with the hole in the bottom.
The best way with the extractor fan is to use flexible ducting and discharge the air down through the eaves soffit
That is great.
And can I then put the insulation material over the steel/clay pots? Or are they still to be kept at a distance?0
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