Hello everyone,
we moved in about 3 months ago, and now everything is basically finished. In the stairwell, we have a small gallery, and I am currently facing a problem here that I haven’t been able to solve yet.
A light fixture with 3 spheres is supposed to be installed here (ceiling outlet visible). During the construction phase, two wooden planks were built into the walls and covered with scaffolding boards. Of course, these are no longer available to me.
How would you go about installing the lights here, or is it really unavoidable to set up a full scaffold from below?
Looking forward to your creative ideas!
we moved in about 3 months ago, and now everything is basically finished. In the stairwell, we have a small gallery, and I am currently facing a problem here that I haven’t been able to solve yet.
A light fixture with 3 spheres is supposed to be installed here (ceiling outlet visible). During the construction phase, two wooden planks were built into the walls and covered with scaffolding boards. Of course, these are no longer available to me.
How would you go about installing the lights here, or is it really unavoidable to set up a full scaffold from below?
Looking forward to your creative ideas!
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nordanney28 May 2024 23:07You would need to know the height and distances. Then you can check with the rental company for a suitable stairwell ladder.
Alternatively, you can rent a scaffold stair kit:
Alternatively, you can rent a scaffold stair kit:
Malle Zwabber29 May 2024 06:22If you have an intermediate landing, you can set up two leaning ladders there. Connect them crosswise with a plank at the height of your railing, then place several planks from the railing onto the cross plank of the ladders. It’s not ideal and a professional safety association would be shocked, but it’s practical.
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motorradsilke29 May 2024 07:43It is difficult to estimate the distances accurately. However, leaning a taller ladder against the walls with the arrows should be sufficient.
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MachsSelbst29 May 2024 09:40Painting is a different task than wiring and mounting a heavy pendant light with both hands. The cables are very long and will likely need to be shortened because otherwise, they won’t fit into the usually quite narrow housings of pendant lights.
I find the idea of putting the planks back in quite funny. It’s surprising what kind of nonsense you can come up with at 11:00 p.m.
Is he seriously going to expose the holes and then plaster over them again? That will look so ugly it will be unbearable.
I find the idea of putting the planks back in quite funny. It’s surprising what kind of nonsense you can come up with at 11:00 p.m.
Is he seriously going to expose the holes and then plaster over them again? That will look so ugly it will be unbearable.
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Matze847429 May 2024 14:49MachsSelbst schrieb:
Painting is a different task than wiring and screwing up a heavy pendant light with both hands. The wires are very long and will definitely need to be shortened because otherwise they won’t fit into the usually quite narrow housings of pendant lights.
I find the idea of putting the planks back in funny. What kind of nonsense do you come up with at 11:00 PM?
Is he seriously supposed to expose the holes and then plaster over them again? That will turn out so ugly it will be painful to look at. Well, exposing the supports won’t work anyway. They were chiseled into the masonry and then filled in again afterwards. I would have to make new holes and then redo all the wallpapering and plastering, etc. No thanks.
I also looked into single-person scaffolding. But most of them only reach a working height of 4m (13 feet), and from the ground floor to the top is a good 7.5–8m (25–26 feet). So that’s not really an option either.
Placing a plank across with the ladder on the stair landing on the other side might work, but honestly, it seemed too unstable so far.
Thanks anyway for the "creative" ideas.
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