On 28/08/2012 11:19, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
David WE Roberts wrote:
(2) I really, really hate it when the ceiling rose has three or more
sets of wires coming into such a small space. Endless fiddling to get
everything to slide down for access, then slide back up again to refit
the rose. Also doing it perched on a set of steps looking up.

The reason for these loop in etc ceiling roses is they are quick to
install and economical with cable. But you're not forced to use them - you
could do it the old way using junction boxes in a more accessible place.
Or even just one larger box with all the connections in it - if you're not
worried about cable costs or installation time.

We had a house with that: one very large box (about 12" square) in the
loft with lots of connector blocks in it and cables going out to
individual switches and lights.

Colin Bignell