I have a question for Home Improvement Twitter
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is the installation of such a thing something I need to have an electrician do, or can I do that myself?
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(I'm interested both in the question of "is this feasible to do myself or does it need expertise" and the question of "in MA is this one of the things I'm technically required to hire a professional for")
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(I would also like to reassure everyone that I do know about turning breakers off, thank you for your concern :-)
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If you've put in a fixture before you're probably capable, as long as all you're doing is changing out the fixture and putting in new supports that can bear the weight (so skills needed are turning on/off a breaker, wiring something in, putting in a support, light assembly)
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The trickiest part honestly is probably going to be finding a solid place to put the rack supports that will bear the weight of not only the rack but everything you're going to hang off it.
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I dunno about MA law but I have friends who have done basically that themselves. If a light wiring is in place then swapping what kind of fixture (ceiling fan, pot rack) is attached to it is the kind of thing most people who are competent with a screwdriver can manage.
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Replacing a fixture is pretty straightforward, assuming you are relatively confident the existing box was placed by a licenced electrician and properly tied into structure. It's unclear to me exactly how legal it is, but it's not like the city is trolling Twitter to give fines
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Yeah, it was part of the condo renovation back in 2006
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