tip of the day on some external light fittings

[buzzlightyear]

any body fitting out side lights with dome nuts on the front , and the bolt keeps going back to the wall on some light fittings .a tip for you rip a piece of carboard off the box that it came in, stuff behind the bolt head at the back and hay presto .the head will not move back .

 

[cliffed]

Scrap them,refit with ordinary screws ha ha,there rubbish

 

[telectrix]

i know the ones you mean. usually then awful cheap coach lamps. i usually bung in a blob of blu-tac.

 

[cliffed]

Ok for back entry,if you come in the side etc you have to chop away the brick or cut away at the plastic,awesome

 

[GBDamo]

Ok for back entry,if you come in the side etc you have to chop away the brick or cut away at the plastic,awesome

Fnarr fnarr

 

[littlespark]

Even worse on rendered walls where the fitting doesn’t fix flat. Your little bolt slides back into the gaps between stones.
Blue tac or pyro putty if you’ve still got a stick of that in your box

 

[The Ghost]

I usually chuck the bolts and use screws, black ones of course.

 

[telectrix]

I usually chuck the bolts and use screws, black ones of course.

only on white fittings, of course.

 

[Squid]

Bodgeit, Legit and Scarper............ are all in the room together, just need Major Disaster and General Accident to complete the set.

 

[Markyd]

tape.......sorted