Lighting fixtures have this uncanny ability to make even the average structures stand out. If one wants to spruce up their dining and living room’s appearance drastically, one can actually op for an aesthetically designed Chandelier. Chandeliers can instantly add a great dose of sparkle and glamor in any house or building.

Here, we’ll tell how to replace a dining-room pendant light with a stylish new chandelier. Hanging a chandelier means, you will have to work with electricity. So, before making any installations and replacements, go to the electrical panel and trip the circuit breaker. Make sure, the power is completely turned off. If you are replacing the chandelier with the old light fixture, unscrew the fixture’s canopy to access the electrical box.

The metal electrical box should be detached from the metal hanger bar. Just unscrew the screws using a screw driver. If it’s a metal box, loosen the screws on the cable connector, and slide out the cable. Adjust the fan brace on the top of the ceiling. First hand- tighten it. When you can’t hand-tighten the brace any more, use an adjustable wrench for another few turns to fully embed the prongs in the joists.

Install the new electrical box in the ceiling. Secure the chandelier’s mounting bracket to the ceiling box. Pull about 6 to 10 inches of cable into the box, and tighten the connector screws to lock the cable in place.

Locate the U-bolt, metal support flange, and hex nuts that come with the fan brace. Slip the U-bolt over the fan brace, and then slide the support flange onto the threaded ends of the bolt. Thread a nut onto each side of the U-bolt and tighten each to lock it in position.

Push the box up into the ceiling and secure it to the U-bolt with two hex nuts, tighten them with a nut driver. Thread the nipple first into the chandelier’s chain holder, then into the fixture-mounting bar. Feed the chandelier wires through the nipple. Lift the fixture and screw the mounting bar to the electrical box.

Make connection between the ground wire of the cable and the chandeliers ground wire. Also, combine the cable and chandelier’s white wire. Repeat the same for the black wires as well.

Hide all the wires into the electrical box. Place the canopy of the chandelier against the ceiling with the help of chandelier chain. At last, place the lamps and lights in the chandelier. Turn on the mains power and test whether the chandelier is installed rightly.

Scott Rodgers is a fine expert who has been authoring on electrician works for a long time now. His skill has given motivation to a host of workers, ranging from Lutz Electricians to Plainville Electricians .