Search results

There is a tube still in it, which works. Thanks for all your advice, I got back yesterday from 2 nights away to find my husband had decided to buy something else! haha! Someone else will get the joy of fixing it up. Cheers S

The overall length of it is 145cm, but the chrome extends beyond where the fluro tube fits by about 5cm at each side. It is an interesting fitting, quite art deco in style. It is also not cheap so I'm reluctant to buy something which is already expensive which will then end up being even MORE...

Thanks folks! With your helpful advice we've decided it is too much cost and hassle. And for those curious I've done a very exciting sketch of it using the glorious MS Paint. But I don't have enough posts to share links on the forum. :( It is a modernist chrome fitting with a ceiling rose...

Thanks chaps! Would swapping out the parts for new one be an expensive job? It sounds to me like it would be fiddly at least. It is very un-forwarding thinking of those people in the 50s to make things which woudn't be OK for me to use in 2015. ; )

Hello! I am interested in buying an old 1950's light fitting I have seen and wanted to seek some advice... It is originally from Germany, and while it is still working should it be rewired for use in the UK? Also, are fluorescent tubes fairly standard? It has a working one fitted in it just...