Lighting Installation in Davenport, IA
Older ceilings are where these jobs get interesting. A Davenport dining room with one centre fixture and no switch at the far door, a bedroom that never had a box for a fan, a kitchen lit by a single fluorescent panel — every one of them needs a route found through plaster before anything can be hung. We do the cutting, the fishing, the box, the switching and the trim, then patch behind ourselves.
What this means in Davenport
Plaster ceilings and the direction of the joists decide how a recessed layout really lands in these houses, and where the joists run the wrong way for the spacing you wanted, we say so before any holes are cut rather than after. In older Davenport homes we also check what the lighting circuit is already sharing. A run that feeds half the bedroom outlets is not where six new cans belong, and adding a dedicated circuit at that stage saves opening the same ceiling twice.
Part of the electrical work we do in Davenport, IA, and of Lighting Installation across the Quad Cities.
Work this covers
- Recessed cans and wafer lights laid out so the beams land where you use the room
- Ceiling fans, including sloped ceilings and boxes rated for the weight and the motion
- Dining and stair fixtures, chandeliers and anything heavy enough to need blocking
- Under-cabinet and closet lighting on switching of its own
- Dimmers matched to the driver in the lamp, so nothing flickers or buzzes
- Three-way and four-way switching added to a room that only has one switch
Lighting Installation in Davenport: questions
Can you add a ceiling fan in a Davenport bedroom with no box?
Yes. We cut in a fan-rated box braced to the framing — an ordinary light box will not carry a fan — run the switch leg to where you want it, and patch the ceiling around the work.
Do you install recessed lighting in Davenport homes with plaster ceilings?
Yes, using remodel housings sized to what the ceiling can take. Plaster over lath cuts very differently from drywall, so we score it instead of sawing through it and keep every opening tight to the trim ring.
Will new lighting in my Davenport home need the dimmers changed too?
Often, yes. Dimmers built for incandescent load will hum, flicker or refuse to dim low on LED. Matching the dimmer to the driver is usually the difference between lighting that looks right and lighting that irritates you.
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