How to Install a Heavy Chandelier or Ceiling Fan

How to install a heavy chandelier or ceiling fan with the proper bracket and technique to make sure the ceiling can support the weight. Read the full article on how to install a chandelier www.lightingtutor.com/how-to-...

[@Dominic.Minischetti]

Those brackets are great! Thanks for sharing this my friend!

[@flannelguydiy6458]

thank you Dom...

[@bloodstriper3649]

Exceptional, easy to follow tutorial, thank you!

[@CheekyMonkey1776]

Anybody have a link to source the bracket? I haven’t been able to find the screw-tighten bracket locally.

[@allthingsfrench1391]

What I don't get is why isn't there something that simply goes over the top of the joists to help with support instead of that gadget in between. 🤔

[@larrywinchester8117]

My builder had a fan on a box that the joist ran through! It straddles the actual board. So I had nowhere for the threaded stud to run up into and allow the wires to come out the top. I wound up drilling with a little spade bit to get relief for the wires.

[@wilfordlanoix9311]

Very helpful 👍 thanks brother

[@noryie4242]

this is so darn helpful. thanks for posting! I'm really thinking that I'm going to tackle this project when my husband's not home 🤔

[@flannelguydiy6458]

Glad it helped....now you can help me by sharing this video on Facebook

[@rogeliovivero6868]

Thank you for sharing! You are DA MAN!

[@flannelguydiy6458]

thanks for watching! please share the video

[@hsalexandra3843]

Thank you, you are smart

[@jshohan48]

This is an excellent video. Thank You.

[@flannelguydiy6458]

thank you for watching

[@oogieboy5874]

Rafters hold up the roof. Joist hold up the ceiling.

[@bogey19018]

What are they called? I can't find them in the description.

[@fashun008]

I don't see the information about the support bracket. My chandelier weights @ 50 lbs. I'm not joking. Will it support that much weight?

[@MC-xw7fw]

HELP! What if I’m trying to use the swag hook in drywall for a very heavy chandelier? My electrical box is side mounted to a rafter but to hang the chandelier where I want, it would have to be hung from a swag hook in drywall. I’m nervous that the drywall won’t hold.....

[@flannelguydiy6458]

yeah I would be worried too. It is hard for me to develop a solve for you without actually seeing it

[@marzena5931]

Can a chadalier of 20 lb be mounted to a single stud, and supported safely by two wooden screws, each of them 4.5" long?

[@flannelguydiy6458]

if you are going into a beam, then it should be fine

[@marzena5931]

@@flannelguydiy6458 Won’t bring the house down? 😀

[@larrybanas7794]

Thank you brother

[@flannelguydiy6458]

thanks for watching

[@khaleefax9553]

I have 160 pounds fan/chandelier - what are my options to securely mount it in VAULTED ceiling that has no attic?

[@penneyreed7316]

Yeah, me too on the vault and over 200 pounds. That little bar won't hold

[@flannelguydiy6458]

Read this full article on how to install or hang a chandelier www.lightingtutor.com/how-to-install-a-chandelier/

[@moroccanusa8706]

Amazing

[@flannelguydiy6458]

thank you..

[@Jenny-wd3hp]

I thought about buy a chandelier at Costco 175lbs. Can this handle the weight? Thank you

[@HumbleTxHeat]

No it will not

[@athgt6630]

How is this bracket called? Can't find it online. Any examples, links. Thank you

[@flannelguydiy6458]

this is it... amzn.to/3AZxbKc

[@hopedivinagracia4858]

will the bolts on the box hold a 200lb chandler ?

[@flannelguydiy6458]

get a bracket that is rated for 200lbs or more

[@moroccanwifefromusa9954]

Where to buy it?

[@flannelguydiy6458]

there is a link in the description

[@pappy69pappy]

The wood in the picture is not a rafter that would be a ceiling joist. I know you know that,but a newbie might be confused.

[@flannelguydiy6458]

yes when you are recording a video, sometimes you mis-speak while thinking about everything you are trying to say

[@valeriathompson7219]

Mine is under the wood beam .. so I’m confused

[@r3jk8]

What about a chandelier that weighs 110 lbs?

[@flannelguydiy6458]

you are going to need some additional bracing

[@lenny108]

Seems my ceiling is just concrete without any wooden beams

[@flannelguydiy6458]

that is a whole different installation process and method

[@bert1913]

*Joists

[@HumbleTxHeat]

Im an electrician please dont use these brackets unless you can lift the light with 1 arm its worth paying someone to go into the attic and install a real bracket with screws I personally dont trust these.