A parlor floor with twelve-foot ceilings and one bulb in the middle. A kitchen with a single fixture over the sink. A stoop with no light at all. Brooklyn has beautiful rooms lit badly. Brooklyn Electrician installs lighting in Williamsburg lofts, Park Slope brownstones, Bay Ridge houses and Bed-Stuy rentals.
Interior, exterior, low voltage and smart. Call (929) 460-9789 or send the form above for a free estimate.
Lighting Built for Brooklyn Ceilings and Facades
Recessed lighting in a row house is a different job than in a suburban ranch. There is no attic, the floor above is somebody's apartment, and the ceiling is plaster over lath. Our electricians use slim LED wafer lights that need a two-inch cavity, so no joists get cut and no ceiling comes down.
Heavy fixtures get a fixture-rated box screwed to framing, never the shallow pancake box that came with the house. Chandeliers over thirty-five pounds get a brace.
Outside, stoop sconces, floodlights and backyard string lights go on their own switched circuit with weather-resistant GFCI protection, see Outlet and Switch Installation for the device side.
Our Lighting Installation Process, Step by Step
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Lighting walk-through. Room by room, where the light is missing and where it is glaring.
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Layout. Recessed spacing set from ceiling height, pendants centered on the island, sconces at eye level.
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Wiring and switch legs. New switch legs, three-way runs for halls and stairs, a dedicated exterior circuit where needed.
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Boxes and cans. Fixture-rated boxes, brace boxes for heavy pieces, wafer lights cut clean into plaster.
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Fixtures and controls. Mounting, dimmers matched to the LED load, smart switches programmed.
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Aim and test. Every fixture leveled and aimed, every dimmer checked for flicker at low end.
Lighting Options That Fit Brooklyn Properties
Recessed and track lighting for parlors and open kitchens. Pendants and chandeliers on dimmers. Under-cabinet LED strips hardwired, with no cords on the backsplash. Vanity lighting rated for the damp bathroom. Closet lighting that meets clearance rules. Stairwell and hallway lighting for two-family houses and small buildings, exit and emergency fixtures where required, see Commercial Electrical Services. Low-voltage landscape lighting on a transformer for the backyard and the front garden. Motion floodlights for the side alley. 2700K in living spaces, 3000K in kitchens and baths, unless you say otherwise.
What Affects the Cost of Lighting Installation in Brooklyn
Fixture count.
Six wafer lights in one room price well. Spreading six fixtures across four floors adds travel and setup to each one.
Ceiling access.
Plaster with no attic above takes longer than an open joist bay.
New wiring.
A fixture on an existing box is quick. New switch legs and circuits add cable, boxes and a permit.
Fixture weight.
Heavy chandeliers need a brace box and two people.
Exterior runs.
Conduit along brick and a weatherproof box add material and time.
Local Conditions Our Electricians Work Around in Brooklyn, NY
Capped gas pipes.
Many brownstone ceiling fixtures still hang near old gas lines. We confirm the pipe is dead and mount to a proper box.
Tin ceilings.
Metal ceilings get bonded, and fixture boxes mount to framing above them.
Landmarked facades.
Exterior fixtures on landmarked blocks go through the approval the block requires, and we size them to fit.
Twelve-foot ceilings.
Longer rods, bigger ladders, more time on the aim.
Preventing and Solving Common Lighting Problems
Flickering LEDs.
Wrong dimmer. A CL-rated dimmer or a neutral-wire smart dimmer fixes it.
Bulbs that keep burning out.
Heat in a closed fixture or a loose neutral on the circuit. The second one is a repair call, see Electrical Repair.
Dark hallways.
One fixture at the top of the stairs lights nothing. Three-way switching and a second fixture fix it.
Fixtures that hum.
A dimmer mismatch or a cheap transformer. Both get replaced.
Dim exterior lights.
Undersized wiring or a photocell past its life.
What to Expect When You Hire Brooklyn Electrician
Consultation.
A lighting walk-through with a fixture-by-fixture written price.
Scheduling.
Rooms finished one at a time so the apartment stays usable.
Installation and cleanup.
Dust control under every cut, fixtures leveled, bulbs installed, dimmers set. Ceiling fans ride on the same visit, see Ceiling Fan Installation. Older circuits get flagged for Electrical Wiring and Rewiring when they cannot carry the new load.