Challenging DIY: Installing Kitchen Pendant Lights into Steel

[@blackcat62]

The channel and range of topics Stuart is brilliant, so helpful and clear,thank you. I just marvel that you get all your jobs done and decide locations,styles etc without the “assistance” of an ever present other half “supervisor”. You’re so lucky.

[@ProperDIY]

Wow, thank you!

[@mickeyfilmer5551]

Those Techscrews are a game changer for jobs such as this. Nice job well finished- I like to se people take a pride in their work- it is so satisfying.

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks 👍

[@gasmoney9319]

The best DIY channel on KZbin

[@tonywall8393]

Great job Stuart. Well done. I didn’t know about Tech screws previously so this has been very educational! Thanks.

[@ryanwood2011]

Fantastic job Stewart and agreed. It does look like they were put in when the house was originally built.

[@ProperDIY]

Absolutely

[@darranball2743]

I find myself watching these even thought this particular job is too advanced for me and I have no plans to install any pendant lights. Nice video

[@nicomonkeyboy]

_HELLO!!_ Also the tap knock raised a familiar smile!

[@user-fy4xn7hh2p]

Bacon, eggs and ProperDIY 💪🏼 perfect Sunday morning

[@markgeezey1809]

Brilliant finish and shows how to get over usually an insurmountable problem and no ugly wires. 👍👍 Great Job

[@tonyrhodes3087]

I 've been looking at a VERY similar project for weeks. I now feel armed with so many new ideas. Huge thanks for the inspirational video.

[@alexanderboberg2123]

As an electrician, I must say that I am very proud of you! 😊 Very good solution and nicely done job. 👍

[@clivewilliams3661]

Isn't there a requirement for the new lighting circuit to be wired by an electrician? It is a new circuit and not an adaptation of an existing outlet so cannot be carried out on a DiY basis.

[@RhysMogg]

​@@clivewilliams3661This isn't a new radial circuit from the consumer unit, it's an extension of the kitchen cabinet lighting circuit, so is not notifiable.

[@ProperDIY]

Thank you. I normally get grief from electricians so nice to get a positive comment.

[@newberrywoodshop3981]

@RhysMogg I'd say it is. It's modifying the existing circuit, which comes under a minor works certificate. By modifying the circuit it changes the resistance of the earth path therefore it should be tested and recorded.

[@kingofthetrowel1725]

Needs a mwc no matter what anyone says…it still requires testing and schedule of test results..if not oh well who needs house insurance 🤣😂

[@twincamtim]

Such an illuminating video, great job as usual! 😎

[@PerformanceSC]

Awesome video as always Stuart, I’ve spent my life in builders merchants and around tradespeople and this approach, level of planning and finish is above what a lot of tradespeople would deliver!

[@stevenbennett3922]

That's what you get with an engineer.

[@glyndwr1391]

with tech screws it can also be a good idea to drill a small piolet hole just to help get them started.

[@paulbewley604]

Great job Stuart. Meticulous planning,for a great finish.

[@angelaburt3266]

Superb job and so grateful to you for taking the time to show us. Great gadget in the little camera.

[@jayc1140]

You’re some man😍 always makes me Sundays watching your projects. Quality job and looks mustard👏🏻

[@ProperDIY]

I appreciate that!

[@surfx4804]

Loved the water tap

[@dskirkpa55]

Excellent work Stuart . Again you've given great advised. Seriously looking at purchasing the endoscope. You've made this into a must have tool for any DIy 'er

[@richardphillips3303]

I really loved that, looking great! You really are gifted in your capabilities and production/ filming skills 😊

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@kevanstreeter2431]

Terrific result and great video.

[@kevinjohn725]

What a brilliant job. Again!!

[@mistermikeanson]

Excellent job - I would have expected nothing less!! Never seen Techfast screws before, so I learned something new today. Thanks!!

[@mattjones708]

You are a clever man Stu....well done !!!

[@JamesplayesYT]

Very nice work again Stuart & love the lights!

[@ProperDIY]

Glad you like them!

[@anwolfs9804]

They do look really nice and just like you said, as if they've been there from the start!

[@johnchincotta1qwdb15]

Excellent job stewart as usual.Happy new year to you

[@kirkhamandy]

A slightly more advanced DIY project, great video, cheers!

[@barbarawiddowson635]

Beautiful Stuart,thank you.

[@jasonmoncrieff7449]

Great job Stuart!

[@stevensharp7]

As always Stuart a cracking bit of DIY !

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks 👍

[@martinhunt6004]

I had a similar situation in our Kitchen. I opted to install a restored and very well finished 19th century Oak Beam and I had my contractor hang our antque lighting from such. I must say it looks extraordinary.

[@antonyporter5045]

stunning job

[@tomelliott90]

Fantastic job as always

[@lactobacillusprime]

Your one man job @11:07 is an amazing feat!

[@sudo_nym]

Nice job, Stuart!

[@ianmarsden8568]

Nice work.

[@Paul-pl4vy]

So there is actually two of you!!! Make sense now.

[@RiBenjafield]

Wow, what a video! This channel is just going from strength to strength! 🙂 My partner also watches with me now and we think you’ll be on the telly soon Stuart! Your lovely wife must be chuffed to little mint balls with that job - looks amazing!

[@ProperDIY]

Wow, thank you!

[@telosfd]

Nice job. As an electrician my specialty was fishing cables like this!😀

[@terrytopliss9506]

There are some great ideas in this video Stuart and the endoscope is well worth the money. Thanks for the video.👍👍

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks 👍

[@LukeChandlerDesign]

Amazing job, as always

[@paulchadwick4907]

Brilliant job Stuart 👏 I had a look back through your previous video's, I was hoping that you had a fireplace removal and installing a new replacement.

[@jamowallace]

Absolutely superb job as always Stuart, loving the second channel also

[@captainredbeard1749]

Absolutely fantastic job love it 🥰

[@TonyMarfell]

Not something I would tackle myself but interesting to see how you overcame the various issues.

[@brianwood5220]

Lovely job, Stu. Really go with the surrounding decor. Thanks for sharing.

[@andymarriott8150]

Great video Stuart - I commented on your other channel I had ordered one of the endoscopes and I've updated that today to say how easy it was to install the app and within an hour of opening the box I'd completed all the inspecting I needed to do to find the issue that was creating the problem I was having £26.99 well spent in my opinion.

[@ProperDIY]

Nice one

[@ianpearse4480]

Nice one. Cheers Stuart.

[@Meaus1]

Thank you mate great video as always

[@anthonyalbuquerque9321]

Brilliant sir as always...

[@SmithyScotland]

Thank you for using diy level tools (lidl)

[@PatParvum]

Love the standard removal of spot lights. Those spring clips are always painful

[@IanFarquharson2]

There was plenty of time to move fingers round a bit before the clips came out. Good for content though.

[@DazDaz105]

That’s a proper nice job 👌

[@Ray-n4v]

Hi Stuart , great videos you do all very informative practical money saving and all done with care and attention just brilliant keep them coming 👍👍👍🛠️

[@Stu1982]

Proper job mate,

[@andyc972]

Thanks Stuart, that was a lotto work but worth it for the end result, it's a great improvement to the dell of that room ! How handy was that little 45 degree fillet to steady the plinth against while you tightened the props, and good of Stuart 2 to pop in to help with taking them down !

[@pb871]

Good job!

[@stephencave187]

Top job as always Stu. 👌🏻

[@ProperDIY]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@OldWorldHandyman]

Hi mate, again a great project approach. I really liked the aaugh! 😂

[@leeblack7817]

Great Job

[@markdyballuk]

Fabulous job Stuart. I was given a tip to prime the cut edges of MDF with knotting solution and it worked a treat... might be worth investigating

[@markharby180]

Awesome video Stuart, I have a similar requirement to this and now know how to do it ! Thanks man.

[@vmemtsas]

Very nicely done indeed. Useful tips about attaching to a steel beam. Now the next step would be to put a desk lamp on an ikea smart plug and have the same remote operate all 4 lights for nice mood lighting. Or…. Place a discrete motion sensor somewhere facing the main entrance/door to the kitchen that activates these lights on -say 50% intensity -when someone enters the kitchen for some practical “mood lighting”. Makes those midnight trips to the kitchen for snacks so much more effortless, not having to touch a single light switch!

[@paulstewart2896]

Absolute mint job. Glad to see someone else turn a tap on accidentally when working near them

[@6panel300]

I was painting a bathroom last year. The bath has a tap in the middle in the side where you get in. Twice I caught the tap with my foot. The second time I slipped on the dustsheet in the bath, by the time I turned it off the dustsheet and my overalls were soaked. 😂 after that I taped a cardboard box over the tap.

[@umairmohammed5972]

probs my fav channel atm

[@ProperDIY]

Thank you!

[@maddog1082]

Those tech screws are great, as long as you know you're drilling into a flange. If you happen to place your fastener such that you are drilling up into the web of the beam, well, no bueno.

[@tstuart7333]

Super video. Many thanks for sharing.

[@fus149hammer5]

Spiffing job and in such a lovely house. 😊

[@neilmckie2768]

Burst out laughing when you removed the downlight in 'the traditional way' - bloody mousetraps, get me every time!

[@lewisbrown51]

Great video and the light installation looks fantastic!!! I wasn’t clear on the power supply though - anyone know how they were wired up to power? Was it taken from the lighting ring?

[@Neil-Hanson67]

Great job Stuart, Massively changes the look of the kitchen wow.👍💡🙂.

[@ProperDIY]

Thanks 👍

[@JasonTysoe]

I had what I thought was the craziest coincidence ever recently, although my wife was less amazed but I had to share. So I play in a function band and for the past 2 years we've played new years eve at a pub around 80 miles away. On the little country road to this pub we went past a house last year that I thought looked just like yours! This year I thought I'd see if the house had a new fence as that would confirm my thoughts. To my amazement it was indeed your house!I found this most exciting, of all the KZbinrs and all the roads in the country. I'm not sure my wife understood as I tried to explain the situation as she was less impressed. I'm not mental by the way so don't be concerned. I just wanted to share my amazing story 😅

[@ProperDIY]

What a coincidence - and, I'm not sure why, wives are like that. You never know who is living where in KZbin land. (Thanks for not telling the world where I'm based.)

[@JasonTysoe]

@ProperDIY secrets safe with me and if you fancy a good night out next new year's eve, there's a great band playing down the road!

[@art969bones]

Great job as always 👍

[@DMTD187]

Downlights out in the traditional way made me chuckle. Those things would repurpose as great mousetraps

[@stevewood7884]

Really nicely done, 👍

[@StevenMurray-mt7om]

Hi Stuart…. Absolutely brilliant job. There’s no way that board is coming down😂.I see you have used the endoscope again … I saw it on your tool Chanel and have just purchased one. Thanks for all the tips.

[@paulbmurphy]

Great job. The remote control makes all the difference, as adding wall switches would mean added faff and expense.

[@whyfearfear82]

Brilliant Stuart. I think you may of become the best dyi channel on yt

[@sgmarr]

Love it! ❤ You get yourself into some tight spots!

[@wakayama1991]

the link to the epoxy woodfiller in the info above isn't correct - it also points to the paint. Just wanted to say though, it's the mutts nuts! Bought an old rotted triple glazed 1.2m2 window here in scandinavia a couple of years ago to replace the fixed light in one of the bedrooms in the house. Got the window with the rotted sill for a little over a tenner. A days work in the scando dark winter, and a tub of the filler made it as good as new, and saved me a grand on a new window. Love it! Love also the channel! Big thanks and scando-luv coming at you!

[@cornwallkid100]

Looks amazing mate 👌

[@fqlynx]

You have a lovely home Stu. Didn't think they made new builds bigger than a shoe box. But the size and the outdoor land seem really generous.

[@sarahann530]

New builds are as big as you want to pay for

[@pm7067]

@@sarahann530 Here in Buckinghamshire the council are turning down planning applications for larger family homes unless there are multiple "affordable" houses on the plots! Also have to have footpaths and fewer parking spaces to stand a chance.

[@djstuc]

We’ve just bought one, detached, over 1800sqft, nice big double garage, 4 car drive and loads of good joinery, detailing and finish. As said above they are as big as you’re willing to pay for.

[@sarahann530]

@pm7067 Damn , that's not fair on the wealthy . Do they limit the size of car you can drive ?

[@relaxreflect5888]

As always fantastic job mate! 👌

[@RB-xg2vz]

You can buy coloured cable trunking to do the same thing. 👍

[@adrianbrewer1708]

Nice video thank you.Keep up the good work.👍🏻

[@LoisMaudson]

Great job.

[@Phil-p4c]

Great job 👏

[@ProperDIY]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@georgemaragos2378]

Hi, Well done, very nice result Your method beats my milk crate + phone books + upside down broom to support one end ( or my wife supporting a broom at one end ) With the tech screws, they are great, but i find for 6-8 guage it works better to drill 3mm pilot hole, 10-16 guage 3.7 or 4mm pilot hole - most that i use are up to 10mm, and i almost always use a pilot hole The only issue they have is using a to fast drill speed will get the tip hot, and t will only go through say 1 layer of 1mm metal then actually dull or or go blunt and it will nt drill into the next metal skin At work they use these often to mount decorative metal panels ( mostly aluminum ) to say a C channel or flange and onto a aluminum or cold steel frame, going to fast you will not penetrate 3 or 4 x 1mm panels they will either just end up not drilling and free spinning or worse bind up and it snaps Drilling the pilot hole is very easy to do and a good safeguard Personally, i have made a few gates and awnings and sun shades and i use to just use a impact gun, but 1 or 2 in 10 fastners will have a issue, i dont care if it goes blunt i just throw it away and use a new one but when it snaps it is a headache i do not need, i have to disassemble and try and use vice grips to twist left and right and try and back it out or failing that, cut it wick hacksaw or grinder then try and drill it out like a pop rivet By using a pilot hole, i get the screw perpendicular, the tech screw i can centralize by hand, and even use a 5/16 hand nut driver and turn it a few turns to start threading in, then use the power drill on a low setting and blipping the trigger. They also come is steel, galvanised steel for outdoors and aluminium / stainless for use against the same product so you donot get cross metal corrosion when outdoors. Some people use them for wood to wood joins, but that is not what they are desined for, just like using plaster board screws to join wood to wood, it does work but not properly and there are not enough bites per inch on the spiral for a good strong bond BTW - they do come in a phillips head pan screw or counter sunk phillips head as well Regards George

[@mdshovel]

Excellent work 😁

[@Alienalloy]

personally id have forgone the full second back sheet, and gone for smaller mdf battens either side and end, much lighter, good job non the less, looks great.

[@martinkenny9384]

Great job there lovely

[@c.a.g.1977]

Well done Stuart! Very clever to use the mdf as a deorative feature instead of trying to make it as invisible as possible (which would not have worked!).

[@dc9691]

Some job, nice finish

[@Andersfraser]

great job 👍🏻😊

[@claytonedwards5236]

Very impressive 👌🏾

[@strummer6642]

Did you consider shooting an electricians fishing line along the flange of the beam, and drawing the cable through? Great vid and good to see your twin is finally helping out!

[@strummer6642]

Magnetic version is available so the tip of the cable can be drawn from outside the plaster board allowing for the precise location for the cable hole to be drilled

[@beatsandwarts]

Fantastic video

[@bfinal91271]

Great job I would be interested in how much time is spent on all your projects as nobody seems to state anything. 👍👍

[@mariopaolucci3522]

Great job Stuart looks great! can I ask how the wire gets to the top of the cabinet? is it surface mounted in the corner of that wall?

[@Poppa_Bob]

Good job! It might also be worth mentioning that, as I understand it, it’s not advisable to drill into a galvanised steel beam, so check that first: or have I been misinformed?