On 10/11/2018 04:56, Bill Wright wrote:
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

angle grinder.

Once off its not impossible that a new fitting will have an identical
thread obviating the need to re wire the existing...

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private property.

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On 10/11/2018 07:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/11/2018 04:56, Bill Wright wrote:
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

angle grinder.

Once off its not impossible that a new fitting will have an identical
thread obviating the need to reÂ* wire the existing...

..... apart from the fact you have to remove the lampholder at the other
end to slide the new rose onto ....

On 10/11/2018 08:17, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 10/11/2018 07:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/11/2018 04:56, Bill Wright wrote:
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

angle grinder.

Once off its not impossible that a new fitting will have an identical
thread obviating the need to reÂ* wire the existing...

.... apart from the fact you have to remove the lampholder at the other
end to slide the new rose onto ....

Usually a lot easier.


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All political activity makes complete sense once the proposition that
all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is
fully understood.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:34:34 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:


Something else I've purchased and recommend

Doesn¢t work for these and needless to say I have
well over a hundred of them I use for my home made
marmalade

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! What a senile assclown!

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"I was involved in the design of a computer OS"
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In message ,
newshound writes
On 09/11/2018 14:53, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.
I guess the heat from the bulb below may have distorted it,
or just made it adhere tightly to the part attached to the ceiling.

I've tried turning it with a (not very good) plumber's wrench,
after applying WD50 liberally, but this just slipped round.

I thought of drilling two holes in the flat bottom,
inserting screws and using a screwdriver or similar to turn it.
Any better suggestions?


Either an oil filter removal too or one of those cheap
plastic/rubber jam jar lid removal gizmos used if you have
weak/arthritic/elderly wrists - I have used the same thing for
uncrewing a bottle trap waste. Useful tool for all sorts of stuff.
This sort of thing:-
http://tinyurl.com/weakwrist

IME this is probably going to rip the backplate off the ceiling. Better
just to smash the removable part.

A quick blast from a hot air gun?
--
Ian

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
news
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

the only way

In message , James Stewart
writes

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
news
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

the only way

In more enlightened times in this NG, someone would have suggested an
angle grinder. How standards have fallen!



--
Ian

On 12/11/2018 10:37, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , James Stewart
writes

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
news
On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

the only way

In more enlightened times in this NG, someone would have suggested an
angle grinder. How standards have fallen!

Hammer is greener.

"Richard" wrote in message
news
On 12/11/2018 10:37, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , James Stewart
writes

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
news On 09/11/2018 13:35, Brian Reay wrote:
On 15/06/14 00:09, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen
which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it.

Big hammer.

Bill

the only way

In more enlightened times in this NG, someone would have suggested an
angle grinder. How standards have fallen!

Hammer is greener.

Wrong. Only the handle of my hammer is green. The entire angle grinder
is green and there is a lot more green than with the hammer too.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:18:14 +1100, cantankerous trolling senile geezer Rot
Speed blabbered, again:



Hammer is greener.

Wrong. Only the handle of my hammer is green. The entire angle grinder
is green and there is a lot more green than with the hammer too.

Psychotic BULL****!

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On 12/11/2018 10:37, Ian Jackson wrote:
In more enlightened times in this NG, someone would have suggested an
angle grinder. How standards have fallen!

On 10/11/2018 07:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
angle grinder.


:P

On 13/11/2018 21:48, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 12/11/2018 10:37, Ian Jackson wrote:
In more enlightened times in this NG, someone would have suggested an
angle grinder. How standards have fallen!

On 10/11/2018 07:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
angle grinder.


:P

Dremel. The *artist's* angle grinder.