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Ran into an issue at my daughters house, which was built in 2000 that I've never seen before and wondering if anyone else has seen this problem too. She had two light fixtures that were hanging from twelve foot ceilings by chain. On both the decorative covers were not up next to the sheet rock so I got up and started to tighten the first one and realized one side of the blue plastic box where the mounting screws go had broken off. After getting in the attic, I saw where the joist where the box was nailed on had twisted and pulled the box upward and the decorative cover had kept it from going up, therefore breaking the box. Is this an isolated incident or has others seen it before? The one fixture over the dining room table was at least 25 pounds and a lot of glass to it and hanging by only one screw in a plastic box was an accident waiting to happen. I replaced both with metal boxes.