Light fixtures put up around Logan County

Most light jobs are a swap. The old fixture comes down, the new one goes up on the same box, and the room looks different that evening. Luke's photos show a black chandelier with glass shades over a dining room, an iron orb chandelier in a freshly painted room, and flush mount lights in a hallway and a living room.

The part nobody sees is the box in the ceiling. A heavy chandelier needs a box and a brace made for its weight, and a ceiling fan needs a box rated for a fan, since a fan moves and pulls. A light hung from a box meant for a small fixture can work loose over the years.

Recessed lights sit up inside the ceiling and light a room without anything hanging down. The newer slim LED kind mounts right in a round hole in the drywall, with no big can above it.

Where there is insulation above the ceiling, the light has to be one made to sit against insulation. Luke has put in recessed lighting on the same job as new light fixtures and outlets.

In a shop or a garage, long LED fixtures put plenty of light down from a high ceiling and cost little to run. Luke has wired a whole shop building with lighting.

A bathroom fan goes in a lot like a light: a fixture in the ceiling, wired to a switch, plus a duct that carries damp air outside instead of into the attic. One of his photos shows a new square fan in a freshly painted bathroom ceiling.

A few things save time on the day.

• Check the weight printed on a chandelier box and tell Luke what it says
• Measure from the floor if it hangs over a table or in a stairway
• Note whether the light is on a dimmer, and whether the dimmer is made for LED
• Send a photo of where it is going and of the fixture you picked