help please finding light shade

Paully232000

Hi, have recently moved to a new house and decorating. Anyone know where to get a shade for this ceiling light in my bathroom and utility room. Have added a couple of picks if it helps. TheIR are three holes in the fitting like the one in the pic.

Thanks

https://www.flickr.com/photos/116289523@N05/

Quiet_Spark

Any standard lampshade will do, the shroud (that's the bit with the 3 holes) unscrews to allow fitting of chosen lampshade.

rustyboy21

There is nothing stopping you actually swapping the light socket and putting one on with a cable drop, so you can have any type.


A shade from the likes of Wilkinsons/Dunelm Mill which has a moveable lamp holder would also do.


If you don't want to do that, have a look at this type of design, which will fit. You just have to disconnect what is there and fit one of these in its place. It is fairly simple to do , for a normal DIYer.


http://www.litecraft.co.uk/lighting/ceiling-lights/flush-semiflush-ceiling-lights/where/p/1

shaun_from_Africa

Quiet_Spark wrote: »

Any standard lampshade will do, the shroud (that's the bit with the 3 holes) unscrews to allow fitting of chosen lampshade.

But bear in mind that if that light fitting is getting on a bit in age, when you try to unscrew the the plastic shroud, there is a good chance that it will crack and fall to bits.
This tends to happen a lot if high wattage incandescent bulbs were fitted (due to the heat they give off damaging the plastic).

Paully232000

Thank you all for your help, I feel such a fool now as I have now unscrewed the shroud (and learned what it is called) and see how any light-fitting will fit. I cant believe I didn't realise this, but I am glad it is an easy job to fit a new shade.

Thanks for the light site, have seen one of two i like and can now go to a shop and have a proper look.

Thankfully, didn't fall apart when I unscrewed it, came off intact. Can only be 12 years old max so not too old in the grand scheme of things.

Glad it is a cheapish fix:)

pimento

A quick squirt of WD40 on the thread will make it easier to screw back on.

Quiet_Spark

rustyboy21 wrote: »

There is nothing stopping you actually swapping the light socket and putting one on with a cable drop, so you can have any type.

That all depends on where the pendant will be situated, if it is in Zone 1 or Zone 2 then it needs to have an IPX4 rating or above.

rustyboy21

Quiet_Spark wrote: »

That all depends on where the pendant will be situated, if it is in Zone 1 or Zone 2 then it needs to have an IPX4 rating or above.

And that for the uninitiated means? Not a Sparky here, but need to know as doing similar myself soon.

Quiet_Spark

rustyboy21 wrote: »

And that for the uninitiated means? Not a Sparky here, but need to know as doing similar myself soon.

Zone 1 is the area directly above the bath (or shower) up to a height of 2.25 metres from floor level

Zone 2 is the area directly next to Zone 1, is 0.6 metres wide, and covers the area directly above the bath/shower beyond the 2.25 metres specified for Zone 1.
Zone 2 also covers the area directly around the wash basin.

IPX4 means the fitting has to withstand water being sprayed from any angle at a flow rate of 10 litres/min and a pressure of 1 bar (14.7 PSI).

Paully232000

The one in my pic is probably a metre, or maybe a bit less away from being above my ensuite shower, but tis an enclosed shower if that makes a difference.

The other is both less than 0.6 from being above utility room sink and less than 2.25m in height I would think.

Leaving as is sounds the safest and easiest I think, and cheapest too.

sew_what

rustyboy21 wrote: »

There is nothing stopping you actually swapping the light socket and putting one on with a cable drop, so you can have any type.

No pendants in bathrooms!!! The condensation could run down the cable into the lampholder.

Ask for bathroom suitable fittings in a proper lighting shop!