Hi, after pulling the switch cord in the bathroom, the whole socket with screws has come out of the ceiling, revealing that the socket wasn't attached to the beams, but to the plaster board. Now I have two holes in the ceiling where the screws were attached and I want to attach the socket below one of the beams. What's the best way of finding the nearest beam? How do I push the wiring to the new holes I will make in the beams?

novid shaid, September 2007

ok - how far away from the current position is the beam - if it is just next to the current hole move one fixing hole over where the beam is you can get away with one good fixing and one in plaster failing this if you can get above the pullcord get someone to hold a bit of wood against the ceiling where the hole is and screw up into it mabye 2 bits of wood one each side for each hole.

dan, January 2008