Finding The Best Outdoor Candle Chandelier
When a friend of ours had a local general contractor build the family a wide deck on the back of their home lots of fun and excitement floated around the home. A built in outdoor kitchen was added, padded patio furniture was selected, and the white PVC railing was added around the edge. Decks are a super way to enjoy the outdoors while still having the convenience of being close to the house itself. One downfall for our friends was the exclusion of lighting. Wiring was on incorporated into the original plans. Believing that the family would only want to spend daylight hours on the deck, due to the cool evenings, made them over look the architect’s recommendation to install exterior wiring, outlets, and outdoor boxes. Soon after the covered deck was completed it became apparent that everyone enjoyed staying outside into the hours after sunset. So the question became, “What lighting options do we have without electricity?” The answer came in the form of solar outdoor lighting and outdoor candle chandeliers.
Chandeliers, many times only thought about for the inside of a home are also very good for the outside. For electricity powered units the chandeliers are specially approved by the UL rating system for outdoor wet or dam locations. Features are added to the fixture to help insure safety outside. Sealed circuitry and rubber covered switches are just to of the safety features built into them. But in the absence of electricity, eyes turn towards the candle variety.
Candle chandeliers range in weight, number of candles, shapes, and metal. Wrought iron metal chandeliers are very heavy. Some have a square appearance with decorative metal ‘threads’ of metal winding around them, mimicking the lights which hung from carriages in the yesteryear. Others are very light weight and can even be suspended from the center of a portable yard canopy or gazebo. Lighter weight ones typically have three or four candle holders.
So an outdoor candle chandelier was the light that was chosen to hang aloft over the covered deck. Weighing in at about 15 pounds, light but durable fixture was just what was needed to finish the deck. The family actually found it fun to light the candle and watch them as they flickered and the flame slowly made it’s journey to the end of the candle sticks.
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