Flat Rate Catastrophe

[Cletis]

Seemed simple enough. 6 can lights on single pole switch in basic ranch. I bidded $875

Here is what happened. Some kind of double triple plaster/drywall ceiling seperated by 1x4" furring strips then plywood over entire attic floor. :rant::rant:

 

[fisherelectric]

You might try these: http://www.iuseeliteled.com/products/rl675/2179
We use them when floorboards are a problem.
Also come in 4"

 

[gadfly56]

Seemed simple enough. 6 can lights on single pole switch in basic ranch. I bidded $875

Here is what happened. Some kind of double triple plaster/drywall ceiling seperated by 1x4" furring strips then plywood over entire attic floor. :rant::rant:

"Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

 

[JFletcher]

You might try these: http://www.iuseeliteled.com/products/rl675/2179
We use them when floorboards are a problem.
Also come in 4"

this. Take back the cans and trims you have, get 6 of these or something similiar (make sure they have wings that can accommodate the thicker ceiling), job done.

 

[Cletis]

Im not even sure those clips would


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[macmikeman]

Sombody forgot to drill the little bitty hole and stick a bent wire in there first before cutting to check clearances...... .. . .

 

[John120/240]

Sombody forgot to drill the little bitty hole and stick a bent wire in there first before cutting to check clearances...... .. . .

Yes I use my Speedy screwdriver for that. A small 1/4" hole is a lot easier to hide than a can light hole in the wrong spot.

 

[Family man]

That looks exactly what I ran into on a remodel job I just finished. I ended up just using remodel boxes and exchanges the 8/32's for much longer ones and using the leds that look like cans but install into round ceiling boxes.
That job was interesting. One wall had two layers of rock and then lath and plaster on each side of the wall with 1 by sixes in the middle . Took me 1 1/2 to cut in the switch/recepticle for the vanity light. Didn't come out to well on that one either.
As Solomon said better is the end of a matter than the beginning thereof.


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