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Hanging Restoration Hardware's candle chandelier on vaulted ceiling?

12 years ago
We have a vaulted ceiling and am hung up on RH's round pillar candle chandelier.
http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1159185&categoryId=&src=rel

RH says it cannot be hung from a slanted ceiling because the rods are a fixed length and the result would be a tilted ring of candles. We need to add extensions anyway, so I was thinking of rigging all four rods together, connected to a chain, which would then connect up to the ceiling mount - except that the ceiling mount is four hooks.

Then I thought about connecting the four rods to a small ring, then connect the next set of rods (extension rods, same as the first four but perhaps different lengths) to the same ring, and connecting THOSE to the ceiling mount. Then the mount would have a slight assymetrical X shape. Would that geometry work in terms of keeping the chandelier level? and in terms of aesthetics?

Or a few chain links here and there between the hooks and fixture or ceiling mount to correct the tilt?

Any safety issues I ought to keep in mind?

Thanks!

Comments (19)

  • PRO
    12 years ago
    see if this helps.
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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    you can do this with some of the rods in use too
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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    FYI a company called justice design group, makes a fixture close to this, that is already adapted this way, and probably all around better quality. http://www.jdg.com/p-10145-cndl-8763.aspx?EID=395&EN=Category
    rmid thanked User
  • 12 years ago
    Do you think the chain could be attached without the round hookydoo? if we kept the round hookydoo on the ceiling? It seems large and clunky to be hanging in the middle. Any logistic considerations for hooking the rods directly to the chain?
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    you will need the duel canopies. if you want this fixture. there are loops that screw into the rods, so that can work. this is something hard to explain its a lot of parts. but it looks good all said and done. no one is looking way up your ceiling ps. they are looking at the light. or eye level. so don't consecrate on that.
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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    here are some items ..
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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    the better question is do u have enough wire?
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  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Find a professional electrician with a license and insurance to accomplish this task. This is over 60 lbs hanging over your head so think twice. Remember modifying a fixture voids the UL Listing. The Justice DG fixture call for a supplemental mounting support required independent of the electrical j-box. Always have liked these fixtures with the candles!
    rmid thanked Clear Lighting and Electrical Design
  • 12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    The ceiling currently has a plain, naked lightbulb. The previous owner of this house had a large, heavy looking chandelier hanging from the spot, so I am hoping there is a sturdy mouting support in place (it looked like a leaded tiffany style shade that was probably nearly 3 feet across - monstrous in size and in appearance).

    The entryway opens right into the dining room with through an 8 foot double doorway, with a large window overlooking the wooded backyard on the wall opposite the entry, so I think anything in the middle of the hanging apparatus would be pretty obvious. I know that several of these extension bars (the Restoration Hardware version, not Justice DG) can be linked without a thingy in the middle, but does the slanted angle change the physics enough that it would require the second canopy in the middle?

    Thanks!!
  • 12 years ago
    what is would be a ballpark cost for an electrician to hang a chandelier when there is already a box in the ceiling? is this something that would add $100-200 to the cost of a chandelier, or more like $300-400 (or more)?
  • 12 years ago
    And I am not sure about wiring yet. We might require rethreading or adding on wire. :(
  • 12 years ago
    My main concern, first, is whether we could even get this style chandelier reasonably mounted on a vaulted ceiling.
  • 12 years ago
    Personally, I'd look for one that is meant for angled ceiling mounting. I'm not a fan of the double canopy look myself. And as others have noted, you will void your warrantee by modifying this fixture.
    rmid thanked Carol Johnson
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    Use what Fred suggested above. Only IF the box already in the ceiling is rated for the fixture weight.
    rmid thanked Clear Lighting and Electrical Design
  • 12 years ago
    thank you so much, everyone!
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    last modified: 12 years ago
    honestly, you are going to spend a gang and time, trying to get this to work. consider the justice design fixture that is similar, and meant for this application. or look for a fixture that has a "hang straight" rod system.
    rmid thanked User
  • 12 years ago
    The box I posted should be placed directly on a framing member. Then the fixture bracket is attached directly to the framing member with long #10 screws. You won't know if it will work until you look at how the other box is attached, but from your description, the other box should have been mounted the same way.
    Otherwise, I would go with Flair's suggestion.
    rmid thanked User
  • 2 years ago

    I know its old but just want to prove it can be done. Attached HD metal ceiling box to 2x4. Screwed 2x4 inbetween the joists. Plenty strong to hold chandelier. Found an ugly, brass chandlier for $10 with ceiling cover that works. Painted it black. Attached chain to RH Chandlier, and into the eyelets of cover. Ran wire up the chain to make it look like it was built like that. Yeah being a man I probably over engineered it.




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