Putting up a hook on a fabric-stretched ceiling

[Kamomill]

I would like to install a hook for a ceiling lamp in a stretched ceiling as the current ceiling hook is positioned incorrectly relative to my furniture. How do I make a hole without damaging the entire ceiling? The previous owners seem to have done it in another part of the ceiling, so it should be possible.

 

[jonaserik]

A stretched ceiling has a complete ceiling underneath with boards, so an attachment for a hook is fine, but there might be a gap of 5 - 7 cm in between, and then a long hook (special) is needed. To make a hole, the hook is threaded through the fabric with a cover plate against it, check if you can determine the measurement of the gap. PS some stretched ceilings move up and down when doors and windows are opened and with a little wind, the fabric is only stretched between the walls.

 

[Kamomill]

A stretched fabric ceiling has an entire ceiling underneath with boards, so attaching a hook is fine, but there might be a 5 - 7 cm gap between them, which means a long hook (special) is needed. When making a hole, thread the hook through the fabric with a cover plate against it, and see if you can determine the gap size. PS some stretched ceilings move up and down when doors and windows are opened and with a little wind, the fabric is only stretched between the walls

Okay, but is there no risk of the fabric ceiling tearing when I make a hole? If I understand you correctly, you mean just screw the hook's threads directly through the fabric?

 

[jonaserik]

There is no other way, you might be able to place a couple of pieces of woven tape where the hole should be as reinforcement, but look at how it looks where the other hook is.

 

[Claes Sörmland]

The solution:

https://www.sekelskifte.se/product/stor-takkrok-massing

 

[JohanLun]

Let's assume it's a turn-of-the-century house... There are tensioned ceilings made of some kind of plastic in more modern houses, but if you have that, take it down because in case of a fire, they are said to become like napalm...

 

[jonaserik]

There are tensioned ceilings made of some kind of plastic

They are called Baracudatak and are not directly dangerous, so no scare, but it's not wrong to switch to a real ceiling in terms of fire safety.

 

[Kamomill]

We assume it's a turn of the century house... There are tensioned ceilings made of some kind of plastic in more modern houses, but if you have that, take it down because in case of a fire, they are said to become like napalm...

Ugh, doesn't sound good. My apt is from the 40s. How do I check that?

 

[Claes Sörmland]

Yuck, that doesn't sound good. My apartment is from the 40s. How do I check it?

40s is paper-stretched ceiling in original unless it has been renovated away.

Knock on the ceiling and if it sounds like paper with paint on it, then that's what you have.