Just fitted a light - one of them 3 way spotlight jobbies - what a barsteward!!!??? Just getting the halogen bulbs in takes forever and nearly scraps the fitting; at least they give you a rubber sucker thing thats next to useless. I'll give it one bulb change by me and the bloody thing will be on the next available skip...
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was the fitting from B&Q by chance ?
from B&Q by chance
I hate the stuff. If I get to customers before they do I send em up to TLC to choose their light.
I hate the stuff. If I get to customers before they do I send em up to TLC to choose their light.
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I have a tried and trusted rule.... the cheaper the light fitting the more I charge to fit it.... works every time
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My wife returned with two from Ikea. They are in the shed and will stay there.
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Similar situation here. Bought a round ceiling light from Wickes. It cost about £5 and was predictably awful.
The glass shade is held in by chrome screws, except they are painted plastic. As a result the threads are awful. It took sodding ages just to get them in and straight.
The fitting also has various stamped holes in the back which are razor sharp hence my fingers are covered in grazes.
Helpfully the landholder has push-fit terminals with holes for 2 live and 2 neutral. That's fine but I've got three neutrals so that's not going to work.
In the end I stuck the old one back up and wil worry about it later.
All in all it's cr**.
The glass shade is held in by chrome screws, except they are painted plastic. As a result the threads are awful. It took sodding ages just to get them in and straight.
The fitting also has various stamped holes in the back which are razor sharp hence my fingers are covered in grazes.
Helpfully the landholder has push-fit terminals with holes for 2 live and 2 neutral. That's fine but I've got three neutrals so that's not going to work.
In the end I stuck the old one back up and wil worry about it later.
All in all it's cr**.
Can I join you and whip them with my cable rods?
It's not just lighting designers.
The world is full of idiot "stylists" who prioritise form over function to such an extent that they cripple the functionality of whatever it is they are supposed to be "designing".
The world is full of idiot "stylists" who prioritise form over function to such an extent that they cripple the functionality of whatever it is they are supposed to be "designing".
Hmmmm glad its just not me then - I mean the feckers that "zone" everything and treat even sparks with 30+ yrs experience like morons are these the same people that sanction zoned lightfittings that when the householder comes along to try and change a bulb ends up snapping the bloody connector off or yanking the whole fitting off the ceiling...like has been said...progress! 
.... and while we're havin a moan - ever change the catch on a built in dishwasher? - word of warning... watch out for the feckin razor sharp edge that is nicely hidden just where you are about to put your hand - I didn't and removed most of the skin off my finger - still scarred now. Forget white goods - mostly red by the time I finish with em!
i get really annoyed with light fittings where they dont provide any terminals for the wiring except the switched live to the lamp and neutral to the lamp. So you end up having to terminal block the loop lives, neutrals and earths etc and shove it into the ceiling void. Either that or if its upstairs you can go into the loft and fit a proper JB. Your screwed if its downstairs though, unless you want to life the floorboards upstairs! All it would take is a few extra terminals in the fitting!!!! no wonder lighting circuits end up a big mess.
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doingitmeself
That's exactly the problem I have with this trash from Wickes. I thought about sticking a porcelain JB in the lamp itself (because of the heat from the lamp), though as it's upstairs will probably whack one in the loft. Either way it's not great planning on their part. I'm obviously not the only one who has encountered this problem!
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