Recessed spots - hole too big!

[Paul D Smith]

No idea who it was - before my time!

Off to measure over the weekend.

Paul DS

[ARWadsworth]

My wholesalers would sell the fitting without lamp and transformer for about £3.

If there were 4 lights to change for slightly larger ones I would not mess about trying to make the holes smaller even if I had to pay a little more than £3 per light.

[perry.jones6]

Cut a hole 200mm diameter. Cut new plaster board same diameter to fit hole. Cut new hole in centre of new insert with tank cutter for MR16. Fit a coup le of wooden battens say 8-12mm thick 20 mm wide 250mm long screw them into the ceiling with plasterboard screws black coloured into the enlarged whol e so it misses the new MR16 hole. Fit new plasterboard screw into battens. Fill gaps and screw head recesses. The springs for the MR16 fitting should fit between battens.

[John Rumm]

Nice one perry... you do realise you are answering a question posted over two years ago?

[Adrian]

Could be worse. There's some other arsenugget suddenly replied to a 15yo query...

[meow2222]

Sometimes it does take that long to get jobs done :)

NT