I am usually okay to swap out light fittings myself, especially since I had the house rewired a couple of years back and have some confidence in the cabling, however I have a couple of ackward fittings in my kitchen, ackward because they are over an island and because they have rather delicate glass shades, which break too easily.
Each fitting consists of three lights in a row and on one of the fittings a couple of long life bulbs went within weeks of each other. On the first one a simple bulb change fixed it, but the second was not playing ball. So I found a local builder and asked him if he could take this on, along with a range of other smallish but ackward jobs. So last week he came around, took down the fitting, identified a loose connection fixed it and put the fitting back up. We had agreed 50 quid for the job, (which also involved another small issue with a flickering light and as he was about to fly off to Nice we settled on 50 Euros in cash.
Six days later I am cooking some pasta and whoosh the fitting just drops out of the ceiling. Fortunatly my man had done a good job tightening things up and the flex stopped the whole lot smashing. Given that he is not back in the country for another week, I have decided to fill the ceiling holes with polyfilla and plan to try and re-attach the fitting to the ceiling tomorrow. Does this sound like a sensible plan and has Farage cursed me for daring to pay the man in Euros ?
Your best advise would be appreciated, especially if you have half a clue what you are talking about.
Each fitting consists of three lights in a row and on one of the fittings a couple of long life bulbs went within weeks of each other. On the first one a simple bulb change fixed it, but the second was not playing ball. So I found a local builder and asked him if he could take this on, along with a range of other smallish but ackward jobs. So last week he came around, took down the fitting, identified a loose connection fixed it and put the fitting back up. We had agreed 50 quid for the job, (which also involved another small issue with a flickering light and as he was about to fly off to Nice we settled on 50 Euros in cash.
Six days later I am cooking some pasta and whoosh the fitting just drops out of the ceiling. Fortunatly my man had done a good job tightening things up and the flex stopped the whole lot smashing. Given that he is not back in the country for another week, I have decided to fill the ceiling holes with polyfilla and plan to try and re-attach the fitting to the ceiling tomorrow. Does this sound like a sensible plan and has Farage cursed me for daring to pay the man in Euros ?
Your best advise would be appreciated, especially if you have half a clue what you are talking about.