any electricians or builders / remodelers on here ?

[jprather]

does anyone know how to hang a fixed style light from a sloped / cathedral ceiling so it hangs level ?

i sketched it out the best I could, i hope it makes sense. I really dont want to cut the ceiling open to replace box.

ya ya i know, way off topic for this forum !

 

[MarPar]

Hang it off of a chain? It'll plumb itself.

 

[jprather]

thought of that , but a chain wont work on this light

 

[twecomm]

Get something like this ... Hardware for Sloped Ceiling (Hardware Only)

 

[Ron H]

Is this a ceiling fan with light or just a particular light you want? If it doesn't have a ball post or a chain extension feature, I'd think it's going to sit parallel to the slope. Maybe post a photo of the fixture. The lights I installed on our cathedral ceiling are recessed and have a ceiling fan extending down from a post hanging plumb.

 

[kiwigtx]

does anyone know how to hang a fixed style light from a sloped / cathedral ceiling so it hangs level ?

i sketched it out the best I could, i hope it makes sense. I really dont want to cut the ceiling open to replace box.

ya ya i know, way off topic for this forum !

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Photo of the problem please.

You may have to construct a piece of wood that fits the base of the light fitting, and is angled to the ceiling to give a level underneath surface.
(I described that as best I could, I hope it makes sense)

 

[jprather]

its the black light fixture.

 

[69Bee]

Ceiling fan/lights usually are hung with a ball socket bracket that makes it self-level itself.

 

[kiwigtx]

I would see if an engineer or metalworker could make a tapered tube out of light gauge aluminum for you. Paint it black...or white....to blend in the ceiling.

That's a tricky ceiling to work with.

 

[Ron H]

As posted, that would be remedied with a linkage or ball socket, (with a hole for the wiring) I could see making one with a link pin or key for that out of round or square black plastic or steel stock painted to match. Saying as not sure if the post is square or round. Have to factor the length so the fixture bulbs are low enough to clear the sloping ceiling.

 

[Ron H]

To add, perhaps rotating the offset fixture so the longer part is turned to the left viewing the photo and centering the light spread in the room. A shorter extension would then be possible.

 

[dadsbee]

 

[Ron H]

Nice! You could do this instead.

 

[kiwigtx]

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Pythagoras is your friend.

 

[FitzyB5]

its the black light fixture.

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Even if that fixture is made to hang straight, it will still need a longer down tube. @dadsbee sloped box would work but fixture looks like it will hit the ceiling without longer tube.

 

[kiwigtx]

Even if that fixture is made to hang straight, it will still need a longer down tube. @dadsbee sloped box would work but fixture looks like it will hit the ceiling without longer tube.

Correct .....need to know the angle of the dangle, then the length can be determined.

 

[Ron H]

Correct .....need to know the angle of the dangle, then the length can be determined.

Wow - I was NEVER able to figure out the angle of my dangle...and just gave up..

 

[kiwigtx]

Wow - I was NEVER able to figure out the angle of my dangle...and just gave up..

anything above 30 degrees suggests an intervention is required.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Pythagoras is your friend.

Now there’s a 75 cent word if I ever heard one.

Until very recently, it was a 50 cent word, but there’s that pesky thing called inflation.

 

[kiwigtx]

Now there’s a 75 cent word if I ever heard one.

....on Scrabble?