How to calculate centre of room for ceiling pendant

[ebee]

99.99% wherever you put it then it will be a compromise or three!

 

[mikehammer69]

String seems like a lot of work compared to using a length of wavin to get centre

1 minute job with the wavin and you can make any adjustment needed

You can always fire up a dummy pendant with a single screw to see are you happy with location before wiring up

 

[opps]

String seems like a lot of work compared to using a length of wavin to get centre

1 minute job with the wavin and you can make any adjustment needed

You can always fire up a dummy pendant with a single screw to see are you happy with location before wiring up

I thought that wavin might some type of string- evidently not. What is it? Tnx

 

[mikehammer69]

I thought that wavin might some type of string- evidently not. What is it? Tnx

Say you're ceiling is approx 12 ft wide

You mark the ceiling and tube approx 6ft in from side wall

Turn the tube around and use the same mark again

Centre on ceiling is halfway between 2 marks

Do same again in other direction to get overall centre

You can adjust the overall centre then to allow for alcove

Fit a dummy light to test appearance

Not saying you have to it this way for a once off ceiling

But that method is superfast to do a whole house

 

[ebee]

I must admit that I had never heard of a "Wavin" so I looked it up with google :-

The term "Wavin" has a couple of meanings:

• In slang, it refers to showing off or flaunting one's wealth or status, often associated with young people fastslang.com.
• In Irish slang, it is used to refer to a penis Urban Dictionary.

These definitions highlight the term's usage in different contexts.

 

[mikehammer69]

 

[mikehammer69]

That's what was meant but I take your point it's vague or even incorrect

 

[ebee]

Maybe its a local term thingy , in fact most electricians of a certain age are exponents of the art of using mini trunking lid for feed cables under floorboards from well before Super rod etc was invented.


We used to have a motto :-

We the unwilling,
attempt the impossibe for the ungratefull,
we have done so much, with so little, for so long,
we are now qualified to do anything with nothing !

 

[mikehammer69]

That is so true about the mini trunk lid

It was the goto for domestic rewiring work and probably still is for certain situations.

Electrical work has totally changed now .

The work has evolved massively with evolution in tools , technology and materials and building construction

You have to be aware of or taught the best methods for the installation work you are doing or you're way behind the curve

 

[JohnW2]

It seems to me that (as I've said before) everyone seems to be missing the point of the OP's question.

He probably has his own ideas about how he would/could determine the 'mid-point' given knowledge of where the four corners were (whether with string, a "wavin" or whatever) but was asked where those two corners should be.

As I've said, I don't think we can really answer that question for him, since determining the 'more desirable' of the two (pretty close) positions he was considering is really just about a personal view of the aesthetics - and we are not him

 

[pete01]

I'll probably get slated for this but I usually get a marker pen and dot it where I think, stand back admire my dot and move it to suit....the look is better than measurements ....sometimes.

 

[JohnW2]

I'll probably get slated for this but I usually get a marker pen and dot it where I think, stand back admire my dot and move it to suit....the look is better than measurements ....sometimes.

As I said, it's all in the ('aesthetic') eye of the individual beholder, so not really a situation in which 'advice' from outsiders is much use.

 

[JohnW2]

Maybe its a local term thingy , in fact most electricians of a certain age are exponents of the art of using mini trunking lid for feed cables under floorboards from well before Super rod etc was invented.

I am, and never have been, an electrician, but maybe I'm of that certain age, because I've been doing that for a very long time and, indeed, was using 'functional equivalents' for the purpose long before I'd even heard of mini-trunking (or its lids!)

 

[pete01]

That is so true about the mini trunk lid

It was the goto for domestic rewiring work and probably still is for certain situations.

Electrical work has totally changed now .

The work has evolved massively with evolution in tools , technology and materials and building construction

You have to be aware of or taught the best methods for the installation work you are doing or you're way behind the curve

My first few rewires I had a 110v drill (not sds) and a hammer and chisel.....it was fine didn't really give it a thought....these days I cant screw an inch and a half screw in without an impact driver.

 

[pete01]

I am, and never have been, an electrician

Why is it you know so much about electric stuff?