Sealing recessed lights

[electricmanscott]

Any ideas for sealing recessed lights. The area is between the housing and the drywall ceiling. The can is burried in insulation but there is a gap between the housing and the ceiling with quite a cold breeze coming through.

I'm thinking something like firecaulk to hold up to the heat of the lamp.

Ideas?

 

[chris kennedy]

Joint compound. Got drywall finishing tools?

 

[iwire]

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4FFF9?Pid=search

 

[Cow]

This looks like it would work well if you could find out the temperature range of the material:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ww...=search&Ntt=foam+weatherstripping&N=0&sst=All

Here's another type:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ww...foam+tape&op=search&Ntt=foam+tape&N=0&sst=All

We can usually find this type of stuff at Ace.

 

[maloo]

I have never used them before but here's an idea.

http://www.tenmat-us.com/thermal-product-ff135.htm

 

[AVD001]

Juno makes gaskets for their can in all sizes. They run about $1.50/ea the last time I bought them.

 

[Cavie]

Joint compound. Got drywall finishing tools?

Were you a drywall finisher in a past life?

 

[Cavie]

White latex caulk.

 

[George Stolz]

I'd just use can gaskets.

 

[LarryFine]

Were you a drywall finisher in a past life?

I wasn't, but I'm pretty darned good at it, if I may say so myself. I've hung and finished entire jobs.

I still fish whenever possible, and I'm pretty darned good at that, too.

 

[Cavie]

I wasn't, but I'm pretty darned good at it, if I may say so myself. I've hung and finished entire jobs.

I still fish whenever possible, and I'm pretty darned good at that, too.

Me too in my younger days. Now if it aint happenin' behind the desk, it ain't happenin'

 

[electricmanscott]

I'd just use can gaskets.

Won't work. There is space between the drywall and the housing.

I'm thinking firestop spray foam. It says it's flamable after 240 degrees f. Can't imaging the area around the fixture gets that hot.