Well progress on the Extraordinary Light Gallery and its cafe has been made again. This past weekend we hung all the track lighting in the art area. The tracks were hung using threaded rod in a pendant mount fashion.
This was an interesting job. We located the lights on the floor and then used a laser plumb bob to put a dot of light on the ceiling where we wanted to suspend the tracks. Then I would climb a ladder and determine if the spot was directly under a truss or not using a stud sensor. We would then shift the tracks on the floor until they were lined up under a truss (for sections running parallel to a truss). Once we had a section under a truss, we would mark off hanger holes on the sections running perpendicular to the truss at 2 foot intervals (The truss spacing). Then I would drill the hanger holes and use the laser plumb bob to shoot a dot of light right from where the
hole was drilled onto the ceiling. Then it was up the ladder to install a hanger bracket with the laser passing a dot through the hole for the threaded rod. It made it a piece of cake.
There were a couple of large boxes that had lights in them as well that were hung. The boxes have 4 lights in them to create puddles of light on parts of the gallery floor. These boxes we hung using 1/8" aircraft cable. Overkill for the light weight of the boxes, but it looked more substantial.
Next we will move onto laying the finished floor in the gallery. It is a very exciting time!!!
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