Comments on: how do I hang a 30’s style light shade? http://ceiling-pendant-light.com/ceiling-pendant-light/how-do-i-hang-a-30s-style-light-shade-2 Pendant Lighting for your home Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BRIAN http://ceiling-pendant-light.com/ceiling-pendant-light/how-do-i-hang-a-30s-style-light-shade-2/comment-page-1#comment-1174 BRIAN Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:24:59 +0000 http://ceiling-pendant-light.com/ceiling-pendant-light/how-do-i-hang-a-30s-style-light-shade-2#comment-1174 You need either a pattress or a ceiling rose. You can make circular pattress from wood or MDF. Make a hole in the centre large enough to thread the existing cable though: about 3/8 to 1/2 inch. Remove the existing light fitting and locate the ceiling joist by probing next to the cable with a thin screwdriver, then mark its direction with a pencil. You will need to screw the pattress to the joist, having first passed the cable through. When satisfied that it is sound, you can connect the light fitting up again, then screw the hooks for the chains into the pattress. If you already have a ceiling rose, it might well be plaster. Plaster is more of a problem because it tends to crumble when screws are inserted. In this case you will need screws long enough to go right through the rose and into the joist. And you will need to know where the joist IS!<br><b>References : </b><br> You need either a pattress or a ceiling rose.
You can make circular pattress from wood or MDF. Make a hole in the centre large enough to thread the existing cable though: about 3/8 to 1/2 inch.
Remove the existing light fitting and locate the ceiling joist by probing next to the cable with a thin screwdriver, then mark its direction with a pencil.
You will need to screw the pattress to the joist, having first passed the cable through. When satisfied that it is sound, you can connect the light fitting up again, then screw the hooks for the chains into the pattress.
If you already have a ceiling rose, it might well be plaster. Plaster is more of a problem because it tends to crumble when screws are inserted. In this case you will need screws long enough to go right through the rose and into the joist. And you will need to know where the joist IS!
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