How To Fix A Wobbly Floor Lamp

If the screws are loose tighten them and reassemble the lamp.

How to fix a wobbly floor lamp.

Touch and gently wiggle various parts of the lamp starting slightly beneath the socket and working your way down. 1 unplug the floor lamp 2 unscrew the section that is loose 3 take a small piece of duct tape and wrap it around the inner grooves of the pole 4 reattach pole and screw on until tight. If you can tighten the screws with a small phillips head replace the metal bulb holder and bulb plug the lamp in and test it. Examine the lamp closely to determine the source of looseness.

Rest your foot on. Just make sure to test fit with some seal tape before ever adding glue to ensure that the screws fit snugly. Remove the light bulb and shade so they won t be damaged when you move the lamp base. Often a faulty lamp switch is caused by the wires coming loose and does not need to be replaced.

As a safety precaution always unplug the floor lamp before handling it or doing any repairs. Here are some easy steps to follow. Adding too much seal tape causes it to bind up so test fitting first will help you determine how much you need per screw. Check the socket the bulb is screwed into.

Don t try to make it tight. Learning how to fix a floor lamp pole is the answer to this common problem. I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it. If not take it apart again and proceed with the following steps.

Lamp bases are usually covered with a felt material to protect furniture from scratches. Loose screws may have been the lamp s only problem. If the lamp works after you tighten up the screws great. If it is wobbly the whole lamp will be loose feeling.

If the lamp does not work repeat steps 1 and 2 to expose the switch again. Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp.