If someone asks you to install one of these avoid if you can.

Dave OCD · Sep 2, 2017

A hand made glass chandelier from Italy , cost unknown but not cheap. The customer brought this back from Bermuda in 3 cardboard boxes and we had to assemble then fit to the vaulted ceiling in a converted attic bedroom. I also had to find E12 Candle Lamps which nobody stocks. The picture doesn't really show the size and it must weigh 20kg+ . Had to use the size of ply shown to get decent fixings , a tricky job from start to finish.

[ElectriciansForums.net] If someone asks you to install one of these avoid if you can.

LankyWill · Sep 2, 2017

Im far too clumsy to be putting up lights like that Dave, im just thankful all of John Lewis's overpriced lights are made with plastic crystals.

Dave OCD · Sep 2, 2017

Had to assemble it supported on a temporary hook in a beam Will as the arms are all glass and I was afraid to put any weight on them, one job I was very glad to finish.

Vitesse · Sep 2, 2017

Here is one I fitted recently. Fortunately they got a builder to reinforce the ceiling beforehand because it was a heavy thing and we could only get up there safely on a platform. It came from a well known shop in London that begins with an H and it cost over £1100.00!

Leader · Sep 2, 2017

I wouldn't be happy with that ply and cable on display

Dave OCD · Sep 2, 2017

How do you hide the ply then ?

It's ok, the customer is going to paint both ply and cable, I still miss the nice white T&E .

Leader · Sep 2, 2017

Rip the floorboards up and put in some reinforcement. Although I can how a customer might not go for that level of upheaval

Dave OCD · Sep 2, 2017

Difficult to do that when you're fixing it to a vaulted ceiling a few inches below the roof tiles.

Leader · Sep 2, 2017

Dave OCD said:
Difficult to do that when you're fixing it to a vaulted ceiling a few inches below the roof tiles.

Get up on that roof!

mache · Sep 2, 2017

Ply disc with routed moulded edge would have looked better then chased cable into ceiling, but that's easy to say after the deeds been done and you are not the one who's biggest concern is the fragility of the beast.

Dave OCD · Sep 2, 2017

All well and good but the customer didn't want any digging out /mess [not to mention 'safe' zones] and a circular support would be impossible - not too clear on the picture but the ply spans the angle of the roofline.

HandySparks · Sep 2, 2017

A customer of mine moved into a new house and wanted the rooms fitted with fancy lights. Most of them required some assembly, but these were the worst. Took over an hour just hanging the loose bits.

Rocboni · Sep 2, 2017

You think that's bad, I helped install this chandelier, £150k! Must have been 15m long at least through 4 floors down to basement level. Hung from threaded rod studs cast into a concrete reinforced ceiling! This is in sir Robert Walpole house opposite the Ritz hotel in London.

All the crystals were hung one by one by hand., made by Swarovski.