Where the light is situated and the wires protrude there was no timber to fix too and therefore through time since we have moved in which is now 2 years it has slowly started to drop. The initial fix was just into plaster (or perhaps lathe / plaster) but certainly not into timber.
I obviously cannot move the wires and so I need to know how to properly secure it in place?
As John says can you get under the floor above. Get someone to hold a piece of timber up there while you fix the bracket through the ceiling into the timber
Just avoid sticking longer / thicker screws into the holes unless you are absolutely sure you cant pierce the cable.....
You may find the existing hole is very near to a joist so one screw may do - its largely the luck of the draw and has driven most of us nuts in the past!
John
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