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Hi, the cord has snapped in bathroom, simple matter to replace we thought - duh!! When OH took the cover off there was only one screw holding the fitting in, which fell out anyway!! Above the fitting there seems to be a sort of plaster board which has disintegrated. I don't think we need an electrician at this stage as the fitting itself seems O.K. but can anyone tell me what we can do to be able to replace the unit with screws, as at the moment there is nothing to screw into, and how do we fix it onto the ceiling? Hope someone can help.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Have a poke about above the plasterboard, Shirl. It would be very unusual for a pull switch to be fixed to p/board alone. There should be a ceiling joist there somewhere.
On the other hand ............ people do daft things. I've always done just what the others have said, with a piece of batten. Follow Tony's advice, with a piece that's longer than the hole so that it extends out over a good section of p/board. Either glue, or screw through the board into the batten, then polyfilla the screw head.
On the other hand ............ people do daft things. I've always done just what the others have said, with a piece of batten. Follow Tony's advice, with a piece that's longer than the hole so that it extends out over a good section of p/board. Either glue, or screw through the board into the batten, then polyfilla the screw head.
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