Securing light fitting cup to ceiling

[HappyHarold86]

Hi

I have a light fitting which I have wired up fine but have a problem with securing the cup to the ceiling. It is meant to be held in place with a small grub screw but that hasn't worked - it slides down the central column. I have got a replacement screw from the manufacturer and that didn't work either. Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks

 

[Taylortwocities]

Make a screw hole from the other side of the cup?
Build out the centre with some tape
use some glue/blue tack/ putty etc

Post a photo of the fitting if none are any help

 

[HappyHarold86]

thanks, will try blobs of blu-tack glued to inside of cup and the ceiling.

 

[pjcomp]

If it needs Blu-Tak and glue to stay in place, it sounds very unfit for purpose. Too much of this sort of stuff on the market these days.

PJ

 

[HappyHarold86]

It is a very poor design for that bit but quite nice looking light otherwise. From John Lewis so you wouldn't expect trash, but it has been a real pain.

 

[STI]

If its able to hold in place for a short while then some clear silicon just at the point the stem exits the cup. Great adhesive that stuff and can be deglued (!!) when neeeded without too much effort.

 

[kai]

Have you tried superglue? it works wonders on such areas - the phone socket in my room came loose from its mounting frame - a few drops of superglue solved it - left overnight to reach full strength - it is now solidly bonded into its mounting frame on the wall.

 

[HappyHarold86]

Thanks for all the ideas. 3 blobs of blu-tack stuck to the inside of the cup and to the ceiling with No more nails glue seems to have done the job.