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Light fitting weight help please
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<blockquote data-quote="Souffle" data-source="post: 474816" data-attributes="member: 30949"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>We have a new light fitting weighing 3.2 kilogram which we fitted over the weekend. We discovered that there wasn't a joist on which to attach the fitting, only the lathe. We have used five screws and it seems to be secure but we have been told by a friend that perhaps we should have placed a piece of wood above the ceiling and used that to secure the light fitting instead of relying on the lathe. I hope it's not a silly question but should a light fitting weighing 3.2 kilogram be better secured than simply attaching to the lathe?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks in anticipation. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Souffle, post: 474816, member: 30949"] Hello, We have a new light fitting weighing 3.2 kilogram which we fitted over the weekend. We discovered that there wasn't a joist on which to attach the fitting, only the lathe. We have used five screws and it seems to be secure but we have been told by a friend that perhaps we should have placed a piece of wood above the ceiling and used that to secure the light fitting instead of relying on the lathe. I hope it's not a silly question but should a light fitting weighing 3.2 kilogram be better secured than simply attaching to the lathe? Many thanks in anticipation. 🙂 [/QUOTE]
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