Soffit lighting

[Barrybarry1984]

I have never installed downlights in a soffit before and have been asked to do it.
New build house. Is it a case of drilling the holes in the soffit and fishing the cable into the loft or is there more to it ?

 

[freddo]

Pretty much, make sure the downlights are suitable for damp locations or they will rust badly.

 

[FatAlan]

Sounds about right to me. Presumably the ‘sofit lights’ are IP rated accordingly. Never fitted then either.

 

[Barrybarry1984]

Pretty much, make sure the downlights are suitable for damp locations or they will rust badly.

Thanks mate. Been pricing lights and looking at IP and fire rated lights to be on the safe side

 

[ruston]

If you are doing it in the good weather look out for wasps nests . There could still be a few about depending on how cold it's been.

 

[Barrybarry1984]

If you are doing it in the good weather look out for wasps nests . There could still be a few about depending on how cold it's been.

Hope they've got a canoe in the weather we've been having lately ?

 

[123]

Why would a soffit light need to be fire rated?

 

[ruston]

Hope they've got a canoe in the weather we've been having lately ?

They won't need one lol, they will be sheltering in someone's soffit.
If they have food they will survive , it's not the cold that kills them , it is starvation.

 

[telectrix]

i fitted non-fire rated, not ip rated, cheap and nasty, downlights in our soffit 7 years ago. they ain't rusted, not caught fire, not fell out. aint even replaced a bulb.

 

[FatAlan]

I suppose, if the sofit is in good nick and not overly exposed they shouldn’t get direct exposure to rain.