ᐅ Help or Ideas Needed for Light Fixture Installation!

Created on: 28 May 2024 14:23
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Matze8474
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.

Bright interior with window, blind, vase with flower on windowsill, wooden handrail and loose cables.

Bright stairwell with large windows, vase on windowsill, garden visible.


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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Matze8474
29 May 2024 15:05
motorradsilke schrieb:

It’s hard to judge the distances. But a taller ladder leaning against the walls with the arrows should be enough.

No, unfortunately that won’t work. You could reach the height, but the clearance for the lamp needs to be about 2 to 2.5 meters (6.5 to 8 feet) towards the back, so the lamp doesn’t hang in front of the window but stays fairly free.
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ypg
29 May 2024 16:31
Matze8474 schrieb:

So exposing the brackets doesn't work anyway. They were chiseled into the wall and then filled back in.

In our case, they were just covered with wallpaper, so they could still be used. That's what they were specifically designed for, similar to access panels in the bathroom.
Tolentino29 May 2024 16:56
But you don’t have to place your feet exactly at the height of the outlet and you are probably at least 1.50m (5 feet) tall. If you have a platform, it’s even easier. Then you wedge the ladder between the side walls. Or how high is the outlet above the platform?