At first glance, it may seem to you that installing a chandelier on the ceiling is a completely trifling task that anyone can do without putting much effort into it, but I hasten to assure you that this is not at all the case. For example, the ceiling of your building has a too weak fastening hook, which you need to replace with a stronger one before hanging the chandelier, or it may not be there at all.
Mounting a chandelier in a concrete ceiling
In order to hang a chandelier and be sure of the reliability of its fastening in a concrete ceiling, you will need to use a spacer hook, it is often called an anchor. Its diameter should be from 10 to 12 mm. First of all, we drill a hole in the ceiling, in the planned location of the chandelier, then we insert the anchor into it, by lightly tapping we achieve reliable fixation. After doing these measures, we tighten the anchor so that the sleeve crawls onto the tail, which is located at the end of the thread of the anchor. Because of this, the entire length of the sleeve will expand, which will ensure the reliability of the anchor. At the last stage, you just have to hang the chandelier on this hook andconnect wires to it.
Mounting a chandelier in a wooden ceiling
Wooden ceiling allows you to perform the procedure with wood screws, which only need to be screwed into the surface. This can be done using special ceiling mounts that are included with the chandelier, or by screwing in a metal threaded hook.
Mounting a chandelier in a plasterboard ceiling
If you have this option, an excellent solution for hanging a chandelier is to use special dowels for this type of building material, the so-called "butterflies". It is strictly forbidden to hang a chandelier weighing more than fifteen kilograms on a plasterboard ceiling, for this you need to use only the main concrete ceiling. In this case, you will need a threaded stud with a diameter of at least nine millimeters. The length of this stud will depend on the depth of the space between the main and plasterboard ceiling. You will also need to purchase a drop-in anchor and an eye nut.
So, first of all, we drill a small diameter hole in the drywall and then in the main ceiling, while remembering that the hole in the concrete should be no more than 10 cm deep. The next step is to wind the anchor onto the stud and install it, by light scrolling, into the previously made hole. And the last stage is the twisting of the hairpin, while it should be noted that this must be done all the way.
The set of light weight chandeliers includesceiling mounts that allow you to easily mount dowel-nails with a diameter of 6 to 8 mm, but this is provided that the ceiling is concrete, but if it is wooden, then screws are used for this.
So before entering into the Internet search engine a request for how much it costs to hang a chandelier, it will first be useful to familiarize yourself with the material of the above article.
