Loosening a ceiling rose

[Harry Bloomfield]

Some pound shops are 99p, others £1.20. lol

[DerbyBorn]

Tip - Don't over tighten rose covers!

I agree with smashing it off and replacing it.

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[spuorgelgoog]

I think Lynn Faulds Wood told us that was a bad idea back in the '80s.

Owain

[Chris J Dixon]

Quite! I walked past a small shop recently, called something beginning with "pound", proclaiming "Everything a pound &".

So far as I could tell from the display, this simply meant nothing under a pound.

Chris

[The Medway Handyman]

Same damage occurs if you apply too much welly unscrewing it :-)

[Mike Barnes]

Yes, I've seen that as EVERYTHING FROM A POUND.

[Chris J Dixon]

About as helpful as those Sale signs reading "Up to 50% off"

All they are actually promising is that the reduction will not exceed 50%, and could indeed be zero.

Chris

[Tony Bryer]

We have a couple of Japanese-owned shops called Daiso, everything A$2.80 (about £1.50). Gives them a bit more scope to adjust prices than Poundland.

[Johny B Good]

That's also true of the poundshops. Nothing under a pound (no over a pound). Specifying a singular price for all the stock does present its own unique challenges.

The "Everything a pound &" just seems to be a way to describe that everything is priced from "One pound right up to one pound and ninetynine pence" a little more 'snappily' (FSVOS).

I suppose they could have tried "1n". :-)

[Chris J Dixon]

From what I saw, they seemed to have stock on display in excess of £2.

Chris

[Brian Reay]

I'm assuming it is one of the thermosetting plastic beasts. It make well be distorted, cross threaded, or jammed with paint. You may have to break it and replace it. The good news is that they aren't expensive to replace and the wiring is, generally, simple enough. Either label the wires and make notes or photo before you disconnect the old one.

[Brian Reay]

Some modern ones slide off.

[Richard]

I should imagine that the 2018 version of modern will be different to that of 2014. BICBW

[Andy Bennet]

Either an oil filter removal too or one of those cheap plastic/rubber jam jar lid removal gizmos used if you have weak/arthritic/elderly wrists - I have used the same thing for uncrewing a bottle trap waste. Useful tool for all sorts of stuff.

This sort of thing:-

[newshound]

IME this is probably going to rip the backplate off the ceiling. Better just to smash the removable part.

[alan_m]

While on the subject of jar lid removers ...... rather than using force to turn a jar lid instead use a tool the releases the vacuum and then the lid unscrews easily by hand.

Youtube demo

It's something I purchased a few years ago for around £2.50 and have found that works well.

Something else I've purchased and recommend

[Brian Gaff]

I'd agree, and I know you obviously know this, but remember anyone else, the wires inside are live even when the light switch is off, so isolate the whole circuit! I've never had much luck with the plastic ones if the lamp ever had a normal light bulb in it. I suspect the rising heat over time just makes it jam. They normally crack due to the degradation of the plastic if you try anything really physical. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Not really.

The plastic is the same. Actually I cannot even find the old post to check its date. Brian

[Bill Wright]

Big hammer.

Bill

[The Natural Philosopher]

angle grinder.

Once off its not impossible that a new fitting will have an identical thread obviating the need to re wire the existing...