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Reinforce downlight through plasterboard

  • 15-10-2015 11:47am
    #1
    Wossack
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    Hi folks

    Changing bulbs in a recessed downlighter, and, long story short, pulled a big lump of plasterboard down with it. The bulb holder has to be removed from fitting, and it would appear the holder is held into the fitting stronger then the fitting is held into the ceiling :mad:

    I can repair that, but any clever way for me to reinforce the surrounding edge of the plasterboard hole, so that this doesnt happen again in future?

    These sort of things perhaps?

    http://www.litering.co.uk/styled-2/index.html

    Or I might just change the fitment to one that has the bulb more easily accessible (just a spring clip on the outside holding the bulb in etc)

    Look a bit gammy, but a pair of these might be the easiest:

    http://www.ie.screwfix.com/circular-low-voltage-ceiling-downlight-converter-white-12v.html


Comments

  • #2
    homer911
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    Both good options - the second might be a problem if you have similar lights near by

    Have you considered moving the light and filling the hole?


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The screwfix option would probably look grand to be fair.


  • #4
    Bonzo Delaney
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    On weak plaster board eg 3/8 plasterboard I usually drill a piece of 6 mm ply to take the down light then cut the ply about 70 mm bigger than the hole you drilled.
    Split it in half put each half up in the ceiling over the hole then insert the fitting
    The sprung leafs grip on the ply not the plasterboard


  • #5
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    homer911 wrote: »
    Both good options - the second might be a problem if you have similar lights near by

    Have you considered moving the light and filling the hole?
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The screwfix option would probably look grand to be fair.

    yea some other downlights near enough, so maybe look odd is my concern..

    I'd considered just cutting a section of plasterboard out around the hole, and replacing it entirely with ply - that would take the downlight fixture, and be a bit more robust for the future.. just put a skim over it then. The ceiling hasnt been painted yet (or needs a new coat at least), so have a few options open to me
    Bonzo Delaney wrote: »
    On weak plaster board eg 3/8 plasterboard I usually drill a piece of 6 mm ply to take the down light then cut the ply about 70 mm bigger than the hole you drilled.
    Split it in half put each half up in the ceiling over the hole then insert the fitting
    The sprung leafs grip on the ply not the plasterboard

    this sounds like a great idea - kind of along the lines I was thinking above, but a much neater solution. Definitely going to look into this one further

    Many thanks for the replies folks


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