Need help fixing handyman's work w/light fixture!
 

I had always heard "34 to 37 inches" but I just found this online:

8′ ceiling: 32 -36″ between the top of your table and the bottom of your fixture
9′ ceiling: 36″-40″ between the top of your table and the bottom of your fixture
10′ ceiling: 40″-44″ between the top of your table and the bottom of your fixture

Yes, links should be removed, if necessary, to make it the appropriate height. I have never seen anyone do what your handyman did. Oy!! Fortunately, it is an easy fix for a decent handyman.

Good luck.

kathy

Those pictures show someone who is lazy and takes no pride in their work. Shameful..

Yes, the chain can be cut to length, in most cases, all you need is a pair or 2 of pliers, open a link, remove excess chain, reinstall on loop at ceiling and press closed. The lamp will need to be either removed from the ceiling, or at the end of the chain to shorten the wire. I have done this many times.
Now if no one else offers to help, I may be able to help, but i just started a large project at my own home, so let me know if no one else replies.

It looks like he just tied it up until you decided what length you wanted it to be.

Thanks, Kathy. Now I can measure the height of my little drop-leaf table in the kitchen & add 34".

He was 78 years old & very slow. I thought he was going to fall off MY ladder! Took him from 12:15-4pm to remove my remote-controlled fan with light that I am taking with me and install a plain new fan! I had to leave for a hair appt & he had to come back the next day to put this fixture up. He used to teach SHOP for middle-schoolers, I think, and then he taught at a Tech school! :censored:
He was recommended here twice!

I never even thought about opening the link--I was focused on the big blob in the middle. I can't get in touch with David, my usual great handyman--I must have said something wrong on one of my many messages to him--so I will take you up on your kind offer if no one offers. It's times like these I miss my Dad. Thanks, Tinker.
:ho:

I can make this very simple for you regarding the height of a light fixture over a dining room table.

Standard dining tables are 29'-30" high.
The bottom of your fixture should be 30" above the tabletop or 60" from the floor to the bottom of the light fixture.

Unless you have an overly large or small light fixture, the above measurements are the general and standard rule-of-thumb for the height.

Thanks, Cowgirl. I see you are a night owl too.

I just can't imagine hiring a 78yo "handyman", and letting him climb a ladder in my house. Hire a professional and spend the extra money to get the job done right. Either that, or spend the money on a lawyer when the old fool sues you, cause he fell off the ladder, and can't enjoy the pleasure of his wife's company.:a040: :1rotfl:

He was recommended by 2 people here. I didn't know he was that old until he showed up & we got to talking. I was surprised that he didn't have his own ladder and he said he just has an SUV (not a truck? or box trailer?). Then he asked for a flashlight (I gave him a small LED one that I had just bought) and I wondered what had I gotten myself into. :ohdear:

His wife is dead.