How to hang a chandelier on a stretch ceiling?

Stretch ceilings can be seen in apartments more often. The merits of this material are undeniable, but there is always one question - coverage. With the usual overlap, everything is clear - there is a special hook on which the lamp is hung. But how to hang a chandelier on a stretch ceiling? There are several options, which will be discussed in our article.

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Stretch Ceiling Features

Before buying a chandelier, it is very useful to learn about the features of the material you will have to deal with. Stretch ceiling is a polymer film. Not every polymer tolerates high heat, and certainly no film can withstand too intense mechanical action.

Important! Upon contact with hot objects, the ceiling may melt, an ugly spot is formed, in the worst case, a hole that it is practically impossible to cover up imperceptibly. Unsuccessfully choosing a chandelier, you run the risk of losing a new stretch ceiling.

In addition, the film can not hold a heavy object, it just breaks, so you need to attach the chandelier directly to the base ceiling, and when choosing, you should pay attention to some specific criteria.

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Choosing a lamp

Before you attach the chandelier to a stretch ceiling, you must select it correctly. This is the most important moment, the rest is a matter of technology. Traditionally, the main criteria for buying are:

• power;
• design.

This is completely justified, since the lighting device should look good, be in harmony with other objects and give enough light. But in this case, you just need to take into account a few more points, otherwise - all your efforts will go to nothing.

Important! You certainly do not fit a thin metal plate, even if it fits perfectly into the interior. If you attach this close to the film coating - it will not last long.

Notice which lamps the luminaire works on. Suitable for you:

• fluorescent;
• LED Light;
• halogen.

The first two types produce very little heat, so they are ideal for rooms with film ceilings.

Important! Having chosen a lamp on halogen lamps, pay attention to whether there is a plafond, as well as its direction - it should go from the ceiling, and not vice versa and not to the sides.

In principle, you can use incandescent lamps, but this - not the best option, to choose a choice of bubbles in this case should be particularly strict.

Pay attention to the glass that closes the fastener place. It should be:

• almost perfectly smooth;
• without sharp edge.

Important! Such strict requirements are fully justified. The film is easy to cut, so there should not be any sharp edges. If, nevertheless, you do not have a very suitable glass for the model you like, the edge needs to be sharpened.

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What should I mount?

How to hang a chandelier on a stretch ceiling if the ceiling is already stretched? Better, of course, if the mounting elements are installed before the film has appeared. However, if you do not need to rearrange these constructions - no problems should arise.

On the same question, how to screw the chandelier to the tension ceiling, you can answer in one word - in any way, because the lamp is fixed not to the film, but actually to the ceiling. Fasten the chandelier can:

• on the hook;
• on the mounting plate or beam.

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We put the hook

In concrete ceilings, hooks are usually placed during the construction of a house. This is the simplest and most reliable way of fixing the chandelier, including the suspended ceiling.

Important! He has one drawback: the place of the lamp is determined in advance, without any of your participation. Usually it suits the hosts, but there can be exceptions.

For example, if you are going to put several chandeliers in different places, or if the main lamp must be moved somewhere from the center of the room to its other part.

The need to mount a new hook can also occur if the old one is not of sufficient length. In this case, proceed as follows:

1. Cut the hole in the ceiling.
2. Drill a hole in the ceiling with a perforator.
3. Put the hook, fix it with an anchor bolt.

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How to hang a chandelier on a stretch ceiling with a bar?

You can mount the chandelier on the suspended ceiling without a hook - on wooden bars or plates. Fastening plates come in several forms:

• ordinary;
• of the spider;
• H-piece.

Important! The first one is attached to any chandelier, it is more suitable for the base ceiling, but it is difficult to withstand large lamps. The cross is more reliable. I-beams are used to install very large lighting fixtures.

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Tools

Do not do this with your bare hands. Before you hang the chandelier on a stretch ceiling without a hook, prepare the tools.

You need:

• drill or perforator;
• drills for concrete and wood;
• anchor bolt with hook( if there is no such in the floor);
• wooden bar;
• self-tapping screws for metal and wood;
• set of screwdrivers;
• pliers;
• gun for installation work;
• wire;
• tool for working with wires.

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Chandelier installation - security measures

The first thing to do is to turn off the electricity. This will protect both yourself and the ceiling - if a random spark comes into it, a hole may appear on it. Work best in rubber gloves. A very useful thing - shoes with rubber soles. Of course, it is more convenient and safer to deal with such matters, standing on the ladder, and not on the table on which the chair is placed from above, and it is important that someone insures you.

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Mounting to mounting elements

Any of the suggested options is suitable if you need to install fixtures in different places. In some cases, the hook is still installed, in some cases it does not. Many varieties of ceiling light fixtures are equipped with fasteners, but you will need additional ones - plates or slats.

Option 1

You need:

• bolts;
• screws;
• mounting plate;
• pre-cut hole in the stretch ceiling.

In any case, you have to cut a hole in the film. If the edges are not fixed, the coating will tear. Therefore, it is better to proceed as follows:

1. Cut out the hole in the film.
2. Edge the edges with a special heat-resistant tape or put a heat-resistant ring.
3. Drill a hole in the die.
4. Install the hook in it.
5. Hang the chandelier in the same way as a conventional hook in a concrete floor.

Option 2

This method requires:

• self-tapping screws;
• fasteners "butterfly".

In this case a part of the hook is attached to the bar, and the second - to the embedded part, after which the wires are connected. This is a more convenient way than the first. The chandelier can always be replaced, while there is no load on the suspended ceiling, accordingly - no damage also occurs.

Important! Pay attention to the place where you will drill the ceiling - there should be no wires, their placement should be determined in advance, and in any case, you can not drill between the chandelier and the switch.

Closing the fastening point

We hung the chandelier on the suspended ceiling? Now we need to make sure that it looks good. For this purpose, suitable, for example, a decorative socket. If, after installing the ceiling, a little film remains, the place can simply be closed by it. Other ways will be welcome, for example, stickers.

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Attachment to the

mounting plate You can use the mounting plates to hang the chandelier.

Important! For gipsokartonnyh overlapping this option is not suitable.

They represent a wooden beams or plywood inserts, which are put on the concrete floor before the ceiling is mounted:

• To the concrete ceiling, the beams are fastened by anchor dowels.
• If there are wooden inserts, self-tapping screws are used.

Pieces of plastic should be laid between the bar and the base ceiling.

Important! Do not forget to make a hole in the wooden parts for the wiring.

Option for own house

In a multi-storey house, this method can not be used, because a through hole is made in the floor. The metal mounting plate is installed on the floor of the second floor, the other on the ceiling of the first. The first element is covered with a floor covering.

Important! Whatever option you choose, the platform can not be fixed to a stationary state.

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Heavy chandelier

Having chosen a huge heavy luminaire, prepare for the fact that you will have more trouble than when attaching a conventional luminaire:

1. Drill five holes in the overlap, the central one is larger than the others.
2. Attach the cross bar.
3. Mount the lamp on the bracket.
4. Make the edges of the holes with thermo rings or thermal film.

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We connect the chandelier

Attaching the chandelier to the ceiling, connect it. Be sure to read the instructions carefully, and then:

1. Make sure the earth is in the apartment.
2. Determine the purpose of each wire.
3. Zero wires connect in one twist.
4. Phase - divide into two groups.
5. Insulate twists with caps or tape.
6. Chandelier ceiling wires free from insulation.
7. Spread them apart.
8. Connect the wires to the power source.
9. Determine which wire is zero, which is phase.
10. Disconnect the room.
11. Connect the chandelier wires to the wires in the ceiling - phase to phase, zero - to zero, using terminal blocks.

In this article, we told you about all the nuances so that you can reliably hang the chandelier on the stretch ceiling. We hope that now the interior in your house is complete, harmonious and looks exactly the way you wanted, without compromising the practical comfort.