I am in the midst of renovating the bottom duplex of my townhouse and my architect just informed me (unfortunately after the sheet rock is up) that my recessed light fixtures need to be fire rated. I have done quite a bit of research and found that the cheapest way to do this will be quite costly…cutting out the sheet rock and replacing each fixture (which are non-IC rated) with an IC rated fixture covered by a fire rated light cover made by a company called Tenmat.<\/p>\n
Has anyone heard of this requirement that recessed lights in NYC be fire rated? I questions this because the existing fixtures in the space were not fire rated and also the contractor and electrician (both local shops with lots of business) say they never do this. <\/p>\n
Pertinent information: my house is under a 4-family CO (although it will in fact be 3-family once we finish the renovation though we are not changing the CO as part of the permitting for the renovation). The floors being renovated are the garden and parlor level (being combined as a duplex). Permit is under the 1968 code. Construction is steel joists with concrete subfloor.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am in the midst of renovating the bottom duplex of my townhouse and my architect just informed me (unfortunately after the sheet rock is up) that my recessed light fixtures need to be fire rated. I have done quite a bit of research and found that the cheapest way to do this will be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66971,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-52288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building_code"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/12\/firerated-light\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"fire-rated light fixtures","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/12\/firerated-light\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/12\/firerated-light\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Building Code","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"apb233"}],"creator":["apb233"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-12-22T09:53:40Z","datePublished":"2010-12-22T09:53:40Z","dateModified":"2010-12-22T11:26:32Z"},"rendered":"