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Hi,
We bought a lamp shade for our ceiling light without thinking about sizing.
We have a batten fix on the ceiling and the wire framing of the light shade is too recessed to fit our skirt of our batten fitting, the skirts too short. You can see on the picture that the skirt flares out too much so stops too high on the frame of the shade.
We have figured out that if the skirt was straight until the very end and then had a lip for the shade wire frame to fit on, that would work perfectly but I can't find anything like that.
We don't want to change the batten fix to a hanging one as that would require getting an electrician again.
Any recommendations or tips on how to get this shade to fit our current fitting?!
Hi @kateaw,
Thank you for your question about modifying your light shade so it can be used with your ceiling-mounted batten fixture.
Is it possible to get a photo of how the 3 arms connect to the ring that the skirt sits in and to the shade itself?
The only way I can see that you'd be able to use this shade with your light is to shorten these arms considerably and then reattach them to either the skirt or the shade.
If the arms simply bend up and hook into the ring in the centre, then you could cut them where I have shown below and bend them up so they hook into the ring.
This seems like the best solution to me, but allow me to tag @Noyade and @Jewelleryrescue for their thoughts.
Please let me know what you think.
Jacob
I have a few ideas @kateaw.
But it does look like the wrong shade for the fitting.
Should there be an extension cord involved?...
You can buy thick plastic magazine holders from newsagents, Kmart and wherever.
One thought is with small bolt cutters remove that wire and circular ring assembly.
Cut the plastic (black would be my preference) slightly greater than the shade top opening.
Than cut an inner circle equal to the bayonet diameter.
Take the bulb and collar off.
Install = Shade - plastic - your bayonet collar (skirt) - bulb.
Should then be good to go.
