In article ,
diynovice wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. Actually i stand corrected by my
father...the question should have been about attaching the ceiling rose
via a circular piece of wood he made (the pattress), but it would have
the same answers.

My father is insistant that using this circular piece of wood is a good
way to do it and has been done in the past as a professional solution.

It used to be the standard way to fit both ceiling roses and round surface
light switches. You could buy them ready made. But died out when flush
fittings became the norm.

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