Don't trust the salesman...

[Tidy Max]

Alreet chaps.

I have been doing a 'domestic art studio' at the moment :beatnik2: and i have installed some Ansell track lighting.

I like Ansell gear but rarely install it due to the cost! I had spoken to them directly prior to purchasing as i needed exact measurements so the builder could put battens behind the plasterboard for me to fix to.

I was advised by the salesman (i am sure some of you are laughing) that when using the suspension kits i needed 1 steel wire per track section (1000mm sections) and instead of fitting the suspension in the middle i needed to fit them in the corners (only on the corner pieces).

Needless to say i did as they suggested (against my better judgement) and it didn't work! Didn't take me long to refix the corner wires thanks to the trusty laser level but i do have to go back and repair the plaster from where the original fixings were.

Have any of you lot fitted this stuff?

The moral of this story is, don't trust the salesman!

 

[baldsparkies]

Have used it in shop fits, swearing deffo helps.
Don't bother to repair the original fixings.
Leave them in place, invite the salesman around, and hang him by his, testament to a good job bits.

 

[Tidy Max]

Hhahahahha it makes me laugh looking at it. My customer has bad OCD as well lol.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Always trust your own judgement

 

[Tidy Max]

Yeah i will do next time! The customer is very happy with the lights now anyway, just a shame it took some fannying around!

 

[ian.settle1]

Trust a salesman no chance all he is after is his commission on a sale

 

[Farmelectrics]

Lesson learnt ha ha we all do it

 

[Tidy Max]

I was sat in the back office at CEF on the phone to the guy with my diagram and all my measurements and i had drawn on the hanging points when he told me NO NO NO, they MUST go at the corners, i even showed the customer where i had scribbled my correct hanging points out and drawn the daft sales mans suggestion!


I won't do it again! He sells it not installs it!