Advice how to change these bulbs?

ahfat41

Pl how do I change these bulbs? Very high ceiling do not want to get a handyman if I can get somebody to help..

stuart45

You need a GU10 removal tool. It's a rubber sucker. You can use one of the kid's toy arrows.

Nearlyold

As above - you need a suction tool. Screwfix sell them at £4.59. You press and turn the bulb to remove. You can sometimes 
 wear rubber gloves to get enough friction to press and turn the bulb using your thumbs. Have you got suitable steps to easily reach the bulbs.

Woodstok2000

Stilts?

Or try this guy? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_K%C3%B6sen&ved=2ahUKEwiku_ygpuqRAxVrQEEAHU2CKYwQFnoFCIoBEAE&usg=AOvVaw35blj7246zCQ_RbHW7TOKf

ahfat41

Nearlyold said:

As above - you need a suction tool. Screwfix sell them at £4.59. You press and turn the bulb to remove. You can sometimes 
 wear rubber gloves to get enough friction to press and turn the bulb using your thumbs. Have you got suitable steps to easily reach the bulbs.

Thanks do not think will be able to manage and might need handyman to do the job.

Brunokid

Hi afaht41 - Some advice from an electrician...

I think that everyone seems to be missing something

The light fitting is in a bathroom, therefore the lamps are fully enclosed.
The very bottom part of the cylindrical tube unscrews from the rest exposing the lamp (bulb). Hopefully you may be able to get away without using a sucker tool.

Hope this helps

Emmia

OP do you have a stepladder to enable you to reach the lights?


We had some like this in the kitchen which needed a tiny Allen key to undo the covers to replace the bulbs (why?) which was a fiddly / frustrating exercise. Let's just say that once we realised this, that light fitting was replaced with one that had easy to replace bulbs.