The new kitchen LED strip light is up. Poorly thought out fitting as the cable gets in the way of the clips but it is so light I think it's OK.
I now need to sort the chandelier out - this has the ceiling rose with loose connections that caused my issues in the first place. I have tightened the connections and re-fitted it to the ceiling and need to work through:
It has very limited give in the cables, whoever did the wiring here has left no slack anywhere.
I am loathe to remove it and replace it with a chock-block for the safety reasons raised in here, the limited slack and the thought that if a wire snaps I will have to lift a nailed down chipboard that is 8' x 2' and was fixed when the place was built 40 years ago.
What I think will do it is an old fashioned wooden rose with a recessed back, perhaps about 6" or so diameter, that will fit over the plastic rose and allow me to fit the chandelier to it. Searching for a wooden rose is interesting, one with a recess in the back bit like trying to find a Unicorn. I will hit Google now but if anybody has any suggestions for a supplier I'd love to hear!
Mutt had 13 teeth removed yesterday and the way he was behaving when he got home I wonder if they used LSD instead of an anaesthetic. Anyway slept on the floor next to his bed last night in case he needed anything so may fall asleep any minute!