Let there be light

The electrician finished the "rough work" and we have new lights. I didn't know there was rough and finish work. Once we get the cabinets installed then he will come over and put the undermount lights and the rest of the receptacles.

When he cut the holes in the ceiling he used a drill to actually make the cut instead of a circular hole cutter. This virtually eliminated any cracking or chipping in the plaster. Once he cut out the plaster he then had to hand cut the chicken wire out. Glad I did not have to do that.




We went with the 5" canned lights vice the 4". In the center where the old light fixture was there is a junction box so he could not install a canned light, instead we will install a new light fixture to break-up the ceiling. This way the eyes should focus on that instead of the canned lighting when entering the kitchen.


Now we have a lot of patching to do.

He did not hit any real snags except over the kitchen sink. We wanted to put one recessed light however when he went into the attic it was discovered that exactly in the center and perpendicular to the wall is a rebar. We then went with two 4" lights flanking the rebar.



It's amazing what lighting can do for a room.