This is a real pain! The guy that decorated the bathroom did not appear to have encountered a downlighter before so caulked the damn things in so heavily that when I came to replace a bulb the whole unit came down instead of just the bulb holder and buggered up the plasterboard in the process - he'd somehow sealed the bulb holder into the casing! I got one of the two back in ok but the second just wont stay up in place and leaves a ~4mm gap on one edge. Not what you want in a room with a shower!
I *think* the problem is that the springs that should be holding the casing in place up aren't strong enough (or have got bent) and the secondary clips aren't biting on anything because the hole is now too big but I don't really want to yank it out and test that theory and damage the edges any more.
Would fitting a converter work in this case? I'm thinking that just giving the unit it a metal edge to clip into might work. I'd like to avoid having to pull the whole thing out and replace it...and inevitably find the wires are too short or something..
Edit: by "converter" I mean something like this: http://www.screwfix.com/p/gloss-white-downlight-converter-140mm/6966k though I guess it would need a gasket/
I *think* the problem is that the springs that should be holding the casing in place up aren't strong enough (or have got bent) and the secondary clips aren't biting on anything because the hole is now too big but I don't really want to yank it out and test that theory and damage the edges any more.
Would fitting a converter work in this case? I'm thinking that just giving the unit it a metal edge to clip into might work. I'd like to avoid having to pull the whole thing out and replace it...and inevitably find the wires are too short or something..
Edit: by "converter" I mean something like this: http://www.screwfix.com/p/gloss-white-downlight-converter-140mm/6966k though I guess it would need a gasket/
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