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This seems like one of those - oh just hook the light up, no problem - scenarios ... who has never even tried to balance a 16' sturdy step ladder.
I bet nobody who is complaining about PDD's estimate has ever tried to go up a 16' ladder (not to mention carrying the sturdy step ladder into the foyer and raising it without dinging the walls) with the chandelier in tow and after reaching the top tried to hook the three wires with wire nuts with one and support the awkward chandelier with the other - and all this while balancoing yourself (weekend athlete as it were) on the tiny step. Just try doing that by yourself with a 10-foot ceiling before you risk losing the chandelier while doing the three-ring circus atop the 16' ladder...and then ... figure out if the price is Beverly Hills, Atlantic City or down to earth. OP sounds like somebody who is enamoured with the self worth but not appreciative of other's efforts and investment.
Reminds me of a buyer on this forum who was "weighing" whether to buy or not buy a $600K home if the Seller won't purchase for him a home warrantee for the second year (cost $450) instead of the reasonable -four-season covering - one-year warrantee.
5 hundred bucks.... to hook up a light is excessive.... even at 120 dollars an hour that's 4 freakin hours.
Or 2 guys for 2 hours so you have a little ladder helper.
The original poster was talking about a 6 light fixture, not a chandelier. Granted 100 is low but it should not cost more than 500 to install. A couple hundred should be reasonable. 20 foot ceilings wit chandeliers should have light lifts installed. Makes it easier to install and also clean/change bulbs.
If you know what the hell you're doing, you braid the wires so the thing hangs up there on it's own then put the wire nuts on. You're making this way too complicated/.
The original poster was talking about a 6 light fixture, not a chandelier. Granted 100 is low but it should not cost more than 500 to install. A couple hundred should be reasonable. 20 foot ceilings wit chandeliers should have light lifts installed. Makes it easier to install and also clean/change bulbs.
Just to clarify things, I said I would not do the job for $500. That does not mean you can't get somebody to do the job for less. Lots of electricians work cheap. After all they're not plumbers.
Just to clarify things, I said I would not do the job for $500. That does not mean you can't get somebody to do the job for less. Lots of electricians work cheap. After all they're not plumbers.
Internet is amazing, I am reading this post almost 5-years after and still valid and getting educated. I have a similar 20' high ceiling and and the chandelier is about H43xW36 and weigh about 31 lbs. The guy charged me $350, but I tell you it was a tough job for even two guys handling/taking up/installing on the ceiling. I would not recommend for anyone to DIY unless you are fairly good handyman and do not have issues with heights. It does not worth to get injured for couple of hundred bucks.
As always, it depends on what kind you get and how much weight you're expecting to hold, but somewhere between $500-1,000.
The installation is always the part that costs real money, I'd expect that to be about a grand or two, depending on where you are, where they are, access to the ceiling, where you're mounting the motor, if they have to run power, where the switch is going to be, so you'll have to make your own calls on that one.
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