Browse Forums Lighting + Lighting Design 1 Sep 24, 2011 7:02 am Original thread name: Hanging light fittings on ceiling plaster only? Is this the correct forum for this topic? I can't see any "electrical" area Anyway. Here's the question. Hope I worded it so it's not unclear Is it OK to install light fittings so that they are supported by the ceiling plaster only, ie. not by any timber (rafter/joist or whatever it's called)?? The lights would be about 3kg each (max). We are considering if they will have to drill new holes in the ceiling and move the light points slightly (because there is no timber around the current batton lights), or can they just use the existing holes and let the new pendants hang on the plaster alone? The new pendants would obviously be quite heavier than the current builder's plastic shade. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Electricians, where art thou?? Advice needed ... 2Sep 25, 2011 9:32 pm Hello, Yes it is perfectly fine to let the plaster support the light fitting.. Please keep in mind TO ALWAYS YOU A LICENSED ELECTRICAN !!! and he or she will know all this.. Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: Electricians, where art thou?? Advice needed ... 3Sep 26, 2011 9:55 am cenemelectrical Hello, Yes it is perfectly fine to let the plaster support the light fitting.. Please keep in mind TO ALWAYS YOU A LICENSED ELECTRICAN !!! and he or she will know all this.. Don't always assume this. I had light fitting fall out of the ceiling before. WHile they might know when fitting can attach to plaster or not they dont know hoe to tell if there may be future problem. For example the spring doesn't lock in properly if they cut out size is to tight!!! On a second note maybe we should all used licensed builders so all houses are built properly. Not!!! Re: Electricians, where art thou?? Advice needed ... 4Sep 26, 2011 7:53 pm Just when I thought we're overengineering this ! Yes, it gets a bit unnerving looking at the light fitting and looking at the ceiling To make the matters worse, we're talking ground floor, with the in-between the floors space been fitted with insulation bats! so even if they wanted to move it to the closest piece of plywood (that's what it seems that the joists are made of ), they would struggle in all that glass wool Maybe we'll just have to use different light fittings on the ground floor My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Electricians, where art thou?? Advice needed ... 5Oct 02, 2011 8:57 am Just reading this thread Lex, I might be having this same issue however, instead of changing the light fixture, why cant the electrician, find the joist, attach another piece of ply and bracing through the plaster to the joist, wire in the light then have a plasterer to box it like a bulk head to hide the external noggin that is sitting on the plaster, then get the electrician to fit off the light fixture. Sound complicated but it works and it looks pretty good. I saw it on some US homeshow as few years ago. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All new built homes look like display homes... until the furniture goes in. Hello! I'm new to this forum and in need of some advice. Should I put an art piece on the blank wall and if so what should I put? Appreciate your help! 😃 0 847 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6889 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 6996 |