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chill
Joined: 10 Aug 2005
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Location: California
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 Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject: Lighting beneath skylight |
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I'm working with a client who wants lighting over the dining room table, which happens to be under a 4'x4' skylight. Does anyone have a suggestion other than installing a "beam" across the skylight that I could install a pancake junction box into?
Pendant track lighting or a chandlier would be nicer than current ceiling cans.
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RWL
Joined: 10 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| Wall mount strip up/down lighting fixtures on the perimeter surfaces of the skylight well. |
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chill
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:12 am Post subject: |
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That's a possibility, but would be IN the skylight well. Placement of the lights would be awkward in that lighting would fall on the top/back of heads at the table, which is 42"w and skylight is 4'x4'. What do you think?
Thnx,
Carol |
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JWmHarmon
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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Location: Ohio
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject: Wall Sconce Swing-Arm Lighting |
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You might consider using swing-arm lighting fixtures mounted inside the frame of the skylight if it is deep enough. They could also be mounted outside the skylight and swung into a position inside the skylight.
Google search gave this among others: http://www.formplusfunction.com/onlinecatalog/wallsconces/swingarm.htm
Another option is to install a frame inside the sides of the skylight. This frame could be square, rectangular, elliptical. round, or any combination of these or totally free-form. Lights could be mounted to this framework. the framework could be "up in the skylight" or could be supported by chains like a chandelier and suspended closer to the table. You could also use diagonal supports forming an "X" within the skylight and mounting the pancake box at the intersection of the X. The supports could be straight or curvelinear. They could also be mounted at any point along the sides of the skylight forming trapezoids for a different look.
You might also consider lights mounted on metal rods where the light fixtures can be moved and the rods can be swung into or away form the shylight.
Another option would be to use flexible track lighting. A google search gave this: http://www.lightwavesconcept.com/
Gooseneck lamps coulb be mounted outside or inside the skylight and moved to whatever position you wanted.
The entire light fixture could be mounted on a swing-arm. The swing arm could be mounted inside or outside the skylight.
There are endless possibilities. We are limited only by our imaginations.
Light tubes are another possiblity. |
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