Plaster Ceiling Roses

abankerbutnotafatcat

Hi,

not all of our rooms have ceiling roses so we've considered trying to find some that match and reinstating them (presuming they were there in the first place). It's a Victorian house.

My OH raised the quite sensible point, how do you attach them to the ceiling? Is it a diy or a professional job? Our ceilings are c2.5m.

abbnafc

Rockingit

They just screw on, nothing complex. The baseplate has holes for a couple of screws to go through and the cover screws onto that.

You might struggle to get a grip into the ceilings though if they're lath.

2.5m I suggest you invest in a decent set of A-frame steps!

anotherbaldrick

Stick em up, butter the back with Polyfilla and hold in place with length of wood from floor till set.

abankerbutnotafatcat

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Stick em up, butter the back with Polyfilla and hold in place with length of wood from floor till set.

That's what I was imagining - some sort of contraption to hold them in place but I wanted to make sure we weren't getting this completely wrong!

Presume we just drill holes in the ceiling rose and feed the cables through prior to sticking?

Is there any danger of the thing falling off? Does the type of ceiling paint affect the adhesive qualities of the polyfilla?

Do we change the screws in the light fitting so they are long enough to go into their existing holds in the ceiling once the ceiling rose is in place?

anotherbaldrick

What I did was cut a circular bit out of the centre of the rose so that it fitted round the light terminal block but it the type of block that had a side skirt and a flat lid rather than the flat to ceiling type.

fluffpot

you can get 'fake' ones that actually look OK (esp at 2.5m!) and are made of some sort of polystyrene - they are very lightweight and just glue on

abankerbutnotafatcat

fluffpot wrote: »

you can get 'fake' ones that actually look OK (esp at 2.5m!) and are made of some sort of polystyrene - they are very lightweight and just glue on

I know fluffpot but this just isn't going to happen - better to have our ceiling 'bald' without the polystyrene ones haha!! We have polystyrene coving in one room and didn't realise until we moved in and touched it and now we know, even though it looks good, we just don't feel the same!!

keystone

Polyfilla is, umm, filler!

If you are going to stick it up score the ceiling plaster first and use Cove Adhesive.

Best to screw it to a joist too.

Don't hang light fittings directly from it either - make use of the joist for that too.

Cheers

abankerbutnotafatcat

Thanks, Keystone - I think that covers all queries!