Lighting Installation in Moline, IL
Half the lighting calls we take in Moline start with a ceiling that has no box in it at all: a dining room lit by a floor lamp, a stairwell with one bulb at the bottom. Fishing a switch leg through plaster and balloon-framed walls is the real work on those jobs. Hanging the fixture is the last twenty minutes.
What this means in Moline
Recessed cans in an older plaster ceiling need thinking about twice. Joist spacing is rarely what a modern housing expects, the cavity above is often full of blown insulation, and only insulation-contact rated fixtures belong in it. We lay out the cuts before any of them are made, because plaster does not forgive a second attempt.
Ceiling fans get hung from boxes that were never rated to carry anything heavier than a light. If we open a box in a Moline home and find a standard round box on a plaster ring, it gets replaced with a listed fan-rated brace before a blade goes anywhere near it.
Part of the electrical work we do in Moline, IL, 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 Moline: questions
Can you add recessed lighting to a Moline house with plaster ceilings?
Yes. We use fixtures suited to a shallow or insulated cavity, cut only where the joists allow, and lay the pattern out on the ceiling before cutting. Where the room above makes fishing impossible, a surface or track solution is sometimes the sensible answer instead.
Will a new ceiling fan hang safely from the existing box in my Moline home?
Only if that box is fan-rated, and in older houses it usually is not. Swapping in a rated box and brace is a small part of the job and the part that keeps the fan on the ceiling.
Can you put a light and a switch in a Moline room that has never had one?
Yes. That is a new circuit or an extension of an existing one, a new box in the ceiling and a switch leg fished to the wall you want. We patch the access holes we open along the way.
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