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Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
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 .... |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
Jethro
wibbled on Monday 01 March 2010 10:20 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 .... Paint the edge with PVA? -- Tim Watts Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer. |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
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. -- Frank Erskine |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
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. -- Frank Erskine- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hmmm, like a washer ? No problem to get to the under (top) side ... I wonder where to buy formica ... |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
"Jethro" wrote in message ... 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 .... Cut a giant washer from thickish but flexible plastic (look for inspiration in the binder dept of a stationery shop) Pop it up through the hole and glue it down with gripfill. |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
On Mar 1, 10:20*am, 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 .... remove anything crumbling, apply pva to strengthen whats there, and plaster or filler to make up whats lost. Result good as new, and only takes a few minutes. NT |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
"Jethro" wrote in message ... 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. -- Frank Erskine- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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 |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:51:25 -0800 (PST), Jethro
wrote: 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. -- Frank Erskine- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hmmm, like a washer ? No problem to get to the under (top) side ... I wonder where to buy formica ... He only said " such as Formica" ...all sorts could be used Hardboard,Plastic ,etc I'm sure you'll have something suitable around the house . |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
replying to Jethro, SBandME wrote:
You need a C-FIX for this. This will repair and reinforce your plasterboard hole and you don't need access to the ceiling, can be fitted from below. www.c-fix.co.uk order direct from them - quick service and product works. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...er-618266-.htm |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
Tell me dear user, how is it that I can easily deduce the original post was
made on .. posted on March 1, 2010, 10:20 am by simply opening the link on the post, but people with perfect sight seem unable to deduce this morsel of important information? Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "SBandME" m wrote in message ... replying to Jethro, SBandME wrote: You need a C-FIX for this. This will repair and reinforce your plasterboard hole and you don't need access to the ceiling, can be fitted from below. www.c-fix.co.uk order direct from them - quick service and product works. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...er-618266-.htm |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
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Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
On 28/01/2018 08:34, Brian Gaff wrote:
Tell me dear user, how is it that I can easily deduce the original post was made on . posted on March 1, 2010, 10:20 am by simply opening the link on the post, but people with perfect sight seem unable to deduce this morsel of important information? Presumably because they are not so much interested in solving the OP's problem, as spamming their web site details anywhere they think there is a slightly plausible "hook". -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
On Sunday, 28 January 2018 19:05:20 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2018 08:34, Brian Gaff wrote: Tell me dear user, how is it that I can easily deduce the original post was made on . posted on March 1, 2010, 10:20 am by simply opening the link on the post, but people with perfect sight seem unable to deduce this morsel of important information? Presumably because they are not so much interested in solving the OP's problem, as spamming their web site details anywhere they think there is a slightly plausible "hook". A product with no use, since a brush of PVA round a crumbling hole fixes it. NT |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
Maybe it makes the stuff edible?
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Andy Burns" wrote in message ... SBandME wrote: www.spam-fix.co.uk order direct from them Surely you mean "from us"? |
Crumbling plasterboard round halogen downlighter
On 29/01/2018 09:31, Brian Gaff wrote:
Surely this is counter productive though, would you trust a company who had to resort to spamming outdated threads in newsgroups, come on, its a bit like the bloke in the pub selling off dodgy toasters. I guess his hope is that it might help search engines spot the web site - its black hat SEO / link spamming basically. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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