Electrical — Lighting
A heavy pendant, an antique chandelier, a wall light with no box, a bedside lamp with a fraying flex: fitting and repair both depend first on what lies behind — a hook, a box, or nothing at all.
Fitting
Pendants, wall lights, ceiling lights, track
Repair
Rewiring, lampholders, cord switches
Area
Paris 6th, 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Five requests, from a simple fitting to a full restoration.
The question is not the wiring, it is the fixing: a ten-kilo chandelier will not hold on a standard ceiling connector. I fix into the real structure, not into the plaster.
The supply has to be brought to the wall. Depending on the room, it runs through an existing conduit, a moulding, or a chased and made-good channel — decided before work begins.
A chandelier found at a dealer's often still has its original wiring, which no longer insulates. I rewire it completely, replace the lampholders, and connect the earth when the frame is metal.
A bare flex, a broken cord switch, a lampholder that no longer grips the bulb: all can be repaired, and with a fine lamp that is always better than replacing it.
To light several areas from a single supply point. Useful in a long living room, or a room with no central ceiling light.
Other services
Consumer units · Ceramic kiln installation · Fault-finding and electrical repairs · Switch replacement · Socket replacement · New sockets · Bringing wiring up to standard · Recessed spotlight installation · Recessed spotlight replacement · Appliance installation · Appliance connection · Lamps and light fittings · Doorbells · Radiator and towel rail installation · Radiator and towel rail replacement
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In Parisian buildings a ceiling is seldom what it seems: lath and plaster, a suspended ceiling, a hidden beam, or a thirty-centimetre void. I probe before drilling and choose the fixing according to what I find. That is the difference between a pendant that holds for twenty years and one that comes down one evening.
Five arrondissements — the Left Bank, and the 16th just across the river — covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Each arrondissement has its own page, as does each neighbourhood.
Paris 6th Luxembourg · Rue de Rennes · Saint Sulpice · Mabillon · Raspail · Notre Dame des Champs · Odéon · Montparnasse · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris 7th Champ-de-Mars · La Tour-Maubourg · Saint-François-Xavier · Rue du Bac · Saint-Germain · Solférino · Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin · Invalides · Ecole Militaire · Gros Caillou
Paris 14th Brune · Didot · Montsouris · Denfert Rochereau · Mouton Duvernet · Plaisance · Pernety · Montparnasse · Alésia
Paris 15th Necker · Saint Lambert · Vaugirard · Croix Nivert · Lecourbe · Convention · Commerce · Javel · Beaugrenelle · Grenelle
Paris 16th Trocadéro · Passy · Auteuil · La Muette · Victor Hugo · Porte Dauphine · Chaillot · Ranelagh · Exelmans · Porte de Saint-Cloud
Beyond these five arrondissements: elsewhere in Paris and the Île-de-France, depending on the project.
Tell me about the situation, with a photo if you have one. I reply the same day.