Dining Room Fixture Height

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This probably pertains more to you residential guys but what height off the floor do you normally hang a fixture that will be over a dining room table? I usually settle for 66" and have good results. Just curious.
 
I always hung them at 5' above the floor. Now believe this, I had 2 apprentices once. 1 was horrible at math & the other was a clown. They actually argued whether to hang the light at 5' or 60".
 
That's a design decision. We go 30' above the table or half way between the ceiling and table top to start out with and always leave plenty of fixture wire coiled up in the box for adjustments later when the Mrs. shows up.
 
We install our dining and nook fixtures At 60" from floor to bottom of fixture. In Our tract homes the customs very depending upon fixture style and h/o preference.

Mark
 
rcarroll said:
I always hung them at 5' above the floor. Now believe this, I had 2 apprentices once. 1 was horrible at math & the other was a clown. They actually argued whether to hang the light at 5' or 60".
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I once told a helper to cut me a five foot piece of 1/2 EMT and he asked me
"how many inches is that?"
 
I hang them at 60 ins. but save a link of chain to get them as high as i can so they don`t get bumped during the moving in or cleaning.
 
5' 6" is where I hang them, but I always save some chain and leave wire in the canopy in case the HO wants it lower (rare, but it does happen)
 
rcarroll said:
I always hung them at 5' above the floor. Now believe this, I had 2 apprentices once. 1 was horrible at math & the other was a clown. They actually argued whether to hang the light at 5' or 60".
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Hehehehehehe!:grin: I think they worked with me at one time too!
 
I like to go 60-64 inches off the floor. Most dinning room tables are 30" and i like to leave about 30-34 inches above the table so if people are sitting at the table they are not looking right at the light. It usually works out for me, as long as the light isnt to big for the space.
 
I set mine at 60" AFF, but use a scrap unclosed link to hang it high until the construction is done. A dining or nook hanging light without a table under it is a head knocker... most often mine. Somebody else can unhook that extra link and let the fixture hang freely at 60" AFF when the furniture is in place.
 
i use 60" AFF on a <8' ceiling and @ 66"AFF on a 9' ceiling. I like to leave the fixtures down so everyone bangs their head! Not.

Tom:D
 
Davis9 said:
I like to leave the fixtures down so everyone bangs their head! Not.
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Some of the newer style fixtures have a rod that they hang from, and not chain. In that case, I get a piece of "Caution" tape or "Buried Electric" tape (whatever I have a butt roll of on the truck) and tape it to the reflector and let it hang down a couple of feet. Takes maybe a minute to accomplish, and keeps people from whacking their heads; in particular, me.

On second thought, I often still manage to bump my head.
 
mdshunk said:
Some of the newer style fixtures have a rod that they hang from, and not chain. In that case, I get a piece of "Caution" tape or "Buried Electric" tape (whatever I have a butt roll of on the truck) and tape it to the reflector and let it hang down a couple of feet. Takes maybe a minute to accomplish, and keeps people from whacking their heads; in particular, me.

On second thought, I often still manage to bump my head.
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I hear you, my "biggest" customer is a 5'4" Napoleon type who doesn't bang his head on much! But he pays and that's all that matters.

Tom
 
We like 30" above the table. Usually we will hang it without wiring it and let the HO decide if the height is right.
 
rcarroll said:
I always hung them at 5' above the floor. Now believe this, I had 2 apprentices once. 1 was horrible at math & the other was a clown. They actually argued whether to hang the light at 5' or 60".
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Who was the winner ? Or did they split the differance ?
 
I always go 66", have never been asked to lower it. For some reason I thought 66" was standard. I think I read it somewhere. Or maybe that was five and a half feet.
 
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