We are experts in cleaning, restoring and installing chandeliers. We can work anywhere in the UK. With a minimum of disruption, our experienced teams of craftsmen will restore even the most delicate pieces to their former brilliance.
Load Testing is an essential and integral part of our service offer, ensuring that the structure and fixing that you will be using to hang your chandelier from is up to the task and capable of supporting its weight, including the weight of the chandelier chain and other elements used in suspending the installation.
The location is inspected and we will inform you if any strengthening work is required and supply a quotation. Any strengthening including reinforced steel plates or steel beams is carried out to ensure that the site meets the requirements for a safe suspension. Not all sites require this additional work.
Our load testing equipment is purchased new and calibrated for certification for the use of testing every 6 months.
You will be presented with a certificate to confirm that the suspension fixings and cables meet with the requirement for your chandelier to be safely installed.
It is recommended that load testing should be carried out on an annual basis. We will keep records of your load testing, including a copy of the certificate and advise you when the time is suitable for a renewal inspection.
V&A Chandeliers offer specialist bespoke chandelier cleaning services.
Chandeliers always show their true beauty when attention and care is taken to recapture their former sparkle and shimmer. We provide a full hand clean of all elements and fittings and each job is assessed on its own merits in order to provide satisfaction upon completion.
Our expert staff have over 30 years experience in cleaning all types of chandeliers from ornate antique through to large modern installations and are well versed in working in private residences or public buildings whilst respecting their surroundings at all times.
V&A Chandeliers will provide you with a high quality chandelier restoration service.
Chandeliers have an individual character all of their own which especially comes to life once lit.
Our bespoke restoration and repair service helps to bring out this latent beauty with care and attention to detail to the reconstruction of existing elements or replacements to match the elements that have been lost or are beyond saving.
Our team of expert technicians will restore your chandeliers back to the pristine condition they once had, bringing satisfaction to all that view them.
We can perform this service in situ or to avoid disruption it can be undertaken off site at our workshop.
Our expert restoration or repair of your chandelier includes the following processes:
Re-wiring
Re-pinning
Various metal finishes
Replacement crystals and parts
Hand polishing
V&A Chandeliers can install or remove your chandeliers on your behalf. This is recommended and often required when a property is undergoing renovation to avoid unintentional damage. We can also securely transport them to a new location if they need moving.
Prior to installing a new chandelier or when at a new location we will carry out a Load Test inspection. Once inspected we will inform you if any strengthening work is required and supply a quotation. Any strengthening work including reinforced steel plates or steel beams is carried out to ensure that the site meets the requirements for a safe suspension. Not all sites require this additional work.
On occasions it is necessary to install secondary safety cables at some locations. This will be advised and quoted if required.
You might wish to take the opportunity to have your chandelier cleaned or restored before it is installed.
We are also able to supply and install winching systems to your installations. Installing a winching system will make future maintenance and cleaning easier and safer to undertake, with the added benefit of not requiring ladders or expensive scaffolding.
You may be moving or having your room or property renovated so feel the need to protect your chandelier until the work is finished.
As well as being able to clean and restore your prized chandelier, V&A are also able to remove, carefully package and store it at our fully insured secure storage facility.
With over 30 years experience of handling all types of chandeliers you can be assured that it will be handled and treated with the utmost care and respect it deserves. We build custom storage boxes as required for each chandelier.
There is no minimum time limit on storage and a fee can be arranged depending upon space occupied and length of time it is to be cared for.
