Daughter in law has bought some crazy light fitting that she would like put up before Xmas. It comes with a metal strip to fix to the ceiling and a couple of grub screws for attaching the actual rose. In my mind's eye I could just loosen the screws holding the existing ceiling rose (assuming there ARE two good fixings), shove the plate behind it, and re tighten the screws. Earth it, and bob's your uncle. In other words, no new fixings to the ceiling and no need to remove cables from their terminals. The metal one is at least twice the size of the plastic so room for some improvisation. Maybe this is how they're designed to work but can't find any instructions online. I'm sure I've fitted similar in the past but all I can remember is a lot of swearing and dropping of grubscrews.....
- posted
10 years ago