Yesterday, me and the missus spent most of the day/evening replacing the Bathroom Ceiling. We had changed our minds several times regarding placement of the Recessed lights and the ceiling was starting to look a bit like a Sieve.

Anyway, got the new Ceiling up and was fairly pleased with it, so we got our new IP65 Rated Halogen Lights out. The instructions said to drill the holes to 70mm, so thats what we did. 6 of them.

Came to fitting the lights and they go straight through the hole. It would appear that there is a mistake in the Instructions.

We checked the website for the manufacturer and the instructions on there say to drill to 64mm!!

Problem is, the lights are EXACTLY where they need to be and really can't be moved. How fooking pleased are we?

 

A mistake in the instructions??? That's just fookin rediculous!! Write a letter of complaint to the manufacturer, they should come round and sort out the mess themselves!!!

 

thats shocking

 

It just breaks your heart, you try your best to stay positive and focussed. Doing a place up from Derelict is hard enough, then shit like this really knocks you down.

 

Can't really think of anything you can do Mr C...although Tony Turbo may well have a trick or two up his sleeve

 

thats a shitter!

can you not find some extra thick roll plugs or whatever they are called? cant think of any other solution!

 

Possible idea.


Dave.

 

that is shit christian

think ya gonna have to get the router out and make a lager groove and then gat another bit of wool to fil in and then ya fill over it

but if ya rebuilding a house im sure ya know more than me


thsi is the reason why i choose my mates carfully, got a late whos a plumber, a engineer whos the Don at everything and my missus dad is a housing developer

infact all ive done to this flat was make my computer cuboard and i never actually finished that, just stuck up some shelves and said" ill finish it later"

 

looks like you may have to redo the ceiling or buy the bigger lights to fit,if its posible,can you not use the 100mm diameter lights ?

 

what you been smoking?!

 

thats a bit of a gut wrencher i try to do loads of diy at home and have yet to finish anything and what little i do i make right mess of. this is how i got my user name, given to me by my girlfriend, sarcastic bitch

 

i ment wood, sorry but the sun is on the screen so i cant se the typos and have to rely on my typing skills


and i dont got any

 

PMSL @ DIY God.

We have found some other lights that need a 72.5mm hole, which we can work with. Its just the extra cost and the agro, which hopefully the supplier will help with as we bought from a Retailer, as opposed to a Trade Supplier.

For now, we have a Bathroom with NO lights!! At least its romantic!!

 

problem be that u read the instructions, only to be done as a last resort

 

Thats VERY true!!

 

What a wounder

 

Thats a shitter Christian


But a bath room with no lights....



Good luck with wiping your arse

 

Yeah, its a bit of a nightmare. Beccy said she found it was best to go out in the garden and use the hose.

 

I saw garden before reading that properly and thought something COMPLETLEY different LOL

 

Christian and Beccy, have you finished it yet ? pictures please !