What's it called - Lighting flex fixing

B&Q do a small hook which slides onto a mounting plate. The mounting plate fixed to the ceiling by a single fixing. Of course it doesn't clamp the cable - but makes a neat enough job of what you want.

cup hook?

Jim K

Plug in ceiling rose?

The cover unscrews as normal but the flex is on a plug underneath it.

Very popular in the latter 1960's...

I have thrown away several which have come out of IKEA pendants, but they aren't "pretty" - they're intended to be hidden by a cover which slides up the flex to form a poor man's ceiling rose, as commonly used in a number of other countries where a pendant hangs from a hook.

In article , Dave Plowman (News) writes

I've used purpose made ceiling hooks for other light fittings but for this one I think the risk of dislodgement on an open hook and the consequences of damage to a glass shade are too great.

In article , Andrew Gabriel writes

That's them ;-)

Yes, that's another alternative, I could use the hook and mask it with a spare rose cover with a side entry cutout for a cover. I think there's a spare ikea rose cover hanging about somewhere.

fred :

Cable tie anchor. Virtually invisible.

Cable tie round the hook?

Or use an hook eye and thread the cable through not a cup hook.

Can't see any point in a fake ceiling rose set up. It'll still look crap with the cable running from the real ceiling rose, may as well just admit it's a bodge with an eye or hook.

In article , Dave Plowman (News) writes

Yes, I was being a bit precious in thinking that would look naff but I'm sure a very small one in natural would do fine.

Now moving over to the idea of some kind simple/ugly ceiling fixing (inc cable tie!) masked by a spare rose cover.

The one like that at the head of our stairs has been there for 20 years and no-one's ever noticed it ...

or possibly they all thought "christ look at the state of that" but thought it best not to poke your ego... ;>)

Jim K

Helps if you actually read the question...

Then a full loop instead of a hook and add a spring carabiner?

SteveW