Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
"Jethro" wrote in message
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On 1 Mar, 10:51, Frank Erskine wrote:
On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:20:40 -0800 (PST), Jethro
wrote:
hi all
fitted 4 halogen downlighters in the bathroom a while back. They are
the design with 2 wire clips, whereby the act of pushing the
downlighter into place grips the clips, and swivels them to spring
against the ceiling to hold them in.
3 are fine, but one, for some reason has the plasterboard cumbling a
bit. This has enlarged the hole slightly and reduced the grip the
light has.
Anyone know of a way to reinforce the hole in the plasterboard to
prevent further damage and ensure the light stays in place ? I'm
imagining something made of metal which can be fed round the hole and
curved into place ....
*If* you can get to the other side of the hole, you could fit a piece
of some sort of heat resistant material such as formica above the
hole, with a fresh hole cut into that.
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Frank Erskine- Hide quoted text -
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Hmmm, like a washer ? No problem to get to the under (top) side ... I
wonder where to buy formica ...
I fixed a similar problem by "no more nailing" some worktop edging strip to
the circumference of the hole. A full loop is all that was required.
Adam
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