Need help with Chandelier wiring

What type of building do you live in? Why is the ceiling concrete? (I know it's not relevent, but I'm curious).

Perhaps you could do some trickery with mouldings. i.e. put several mouldings up from floor to ceiling and have them all meet in the center for a nice visual effect. Just run BX behind one of them, and leave the others as dummies.

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there's a lot of houses in mexico that i see with concrete ceilings. concrete is really cheap, whereas wood isn't.

Wiremold or drape a chain and feed wire through. Or no chandelier

Here's the simplest way to do the cabling.

Regards, Robert

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Bass Home Electronics

How about a fake beam or two?

In a condo in Hoboken.

Can u please explain how I can do this?

I've seen something like this done a few times. Hollow "beams" are installed across a vaulted ceiling for a rustic look. The beams are actually just three-sided channels made of an expanded styrene (or similar) plastic. Hidden inside one of them is the cable.

Regards, Robert

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Good idea and certainly fairly easy.

Another way is to cut a channel in the concrete large enough to bury some MI (mineral insulated) cable then concrete back over it. A 14/2 MI cable is typically 3/8" to 1/2" in diameter.

This is a difficult job but when done correctly it is completely invisible.

I live a little up the Hudson from you. In buildings like yours, this is usually handled with swag chains. In less formal rooms, track lighting or suspended ceilings work.

Suggest you speak to your building maintenance people since they can either do the work for you or refer you to an electrician.

Thanks. I live in a condo and I haven't had luck with the building maintenance people. Where can I buy the swag chains from?

S P

Look in Yellow Pages under "Lighting"..let your fingers do the walking

Or go to just about any hardware or department store that sells lighting....