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mespilus in reply to @tbc

Have you checked that the screw was not located into a short piece of small section wood
that was longer than the hole plus an inch or so either side?
Such a piece of wood with a loop of string to pull it down to allow the fixing screw to locate
might have been how an electrician originally fitted that ceiling rose.

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tbc in reply to @mespilus

That sounds like a great idea - but no, nothing like that here. There was one long wood screw that disappeared into the hole (where plaster may have been once), and one plasterboard screw in the plaster.

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Airhead in reply to @tbc

It's probably the best way to solve your problem. Sometimes it's tricky, maybe drill a pilot hole in the wood although it's a trick to line it up with the screwhole. If you go to thin or short on the piece of wood it will spilt.

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