Hanging a chandelier requires a few things. It's a two person job. Preferably two strong, tall people. I would recommend hiring someone.
After we decided how low we wanted the chandelier to hang, we took it back down to shorten the chain and fix the wiring. The two lights closest to the north wall were turning on when the chandelier turned on, so something wasn't connected right.
The trash can came in handy to elevate the chandelier as we worked on the wiring.
This is a weight that goes on the bottom of the chandelier holding the arms together. It keeps the chandelier balanced and from swinging around.
Hold it and screw them in.
Using pliers, open up the chain, take some length of it out and reconnect it. You need a lot of strength for this. Then Keith shortened the wires, but not by too much in case we need it in the future. You can always reconnect the chain but not the wires. Then he bundled them up. The gold bracket is what gets screwed up into the bracket in the ceiling joists (not shown)
After a while, I just couldn't hold the chandelier anymore. Neither of us were tall enough. Our dining room ceiling is high and our ladder wasn't long enough. We had to get our friendly neighbor to help us. This took maybe 2 hours just because the wires kept getting caught in the chain and there was a lot of tweaking that needed to be done.
The following day, Keith spent another 3-4 hours fixing the wiring. It was only this complicated because we had two circuits on one switch but in two locations. There was something that just wasn't connected right so keith kept disconnecting and reconnecting a different combination of wires until the lights turned on individually from both switch locations.
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