the remaking of a kitchen

when we purchased the track lights for the kitchen last year, we also purchased a track for the hallway. we have talked and talked about changing out the old, hated fixture, and just didn't do it. we tend to do that a lot. :) however, that is all in the past. don studied the directions....he is the one who reads and understands stuff like that. we flipped the proper switch to leave the area powerless. we measured and made sure the posts that would hold the track were in a straight line. lots of eyeballing going on! don made a trip to jerry's and got the right kind of screws....the directions and enclosed screws were for drywall, and that would not be us. so, with all the connections and the transformer in place, today we assembled the track and attached it to the posts. next we put the bulbs into the lamps and attached them to the track. i ran down and turned the power back on and then ran back upstairs and flipped the light switch. voila! we have light.....lots more light than has ever lit the hallway.
ah.....and then we realized we had used the connectors on the track were the wrong color. so, off with the power and then we took the whole thing apart and removed the existing connectors and replaced them with the proper white ones. we also measured carefully and calculated exactly where the lights should go. well i decided the starting places at the ends and don did the calculation....honesty is a good thing here. :) anyway, it all worked and it is gorgeous!!! the electrician and his helper do darn good work, and the price is right!

Labels: electrician, helper