Month: August 2019

Both ‘The Gallery System’ and ‘Slimline Art Hanging System’ have some ability to absorb fluctuations that regularly occur in walls due to age or bricks that weren’t originally expected to be seen.  Sometimes a compromise has to be made but usually a solution can be found.  It is also true to say that both systems can conform to minor curves in walls although we highly recommend using extra wall anchors and fixings when installing in this fashion and certainly the ‘Slimline Art Hanging System’ is more forgiving in this application.  

If however, you have some architecturally or otherwise design curved walls on which you are wanting to place a picture hanging system, then we have the solution for you!  The process is called ‘cold rolling’ and we have been working on developing a process to ensure we can provide neat curves to your specifications without damaging the surface of the track which would traditionally require refinishing at great expense.

For simply curves, please contact us with the radius of the required curves and the circumference lengths for a quotation.  We love a challenge though, should you have a more complex requirement please provide a drawing with the relevant specifications.

That’s all for this week! Do let me know if you have any picture hanging system questions! 

Cheers,

Ed Banks – Owner

‘The Gallery Lighting System’ is an excellent addition to ‘The Gallery System’, it provides a dynamic and cost effective solution to lighting your artwork 

Over the years however we have had one reoccurring issue that sometimes causes the system not to work correctly or at all!  

If we look at the ‘Lighting Wand’ we can see that it has two prongs designed to bite into the low voltage ‘blue cable’ and provide current to the globe.  It is very important that these prongs make a good connection to provide the appropriate current to the globe.  Interestingly, in days gone by when we used incandescent globes, the globes would light up even if a proper connection was not made.  However, modern LED globes are far more digital and if they don’t receive a minimum current will not light up at all.  

So, how do we ensure the Lighting Wand prongs are making appropriate contact with the blue cable?  

This is simply a case of installing the wands using the following method:

1. Turn the ‘key’ on the lighting wand to open the lock and allow the wand to mate with the track.

2. Place the wand on the track with the flat edge of the lighting wand firmly (and flatly) against the track.

3. Using your hands, squeeze the lighting wand down onto the track and in turn seating the prongs into the blue cable.

4. Now lock the lighting wand in place with the key.

The secret here is to ensure that the lighting wand is squeezed into place with one’s hands before locking it in place with the key.  Using the key to lock the wand in place without squeezing it down will lead to a poor connection at best and most likely no connect at all; subsequently the system not functioning correctly. 

Once you have done this once or twice it becomes second nature and is a quick and easy way of ensuring ‘The Gallery Lighting System’ is properly setup and will function correctly.

That’s all for this week, if you have any picture hanging system questions, please do let me know.  As always, I’d be delighted to help.

Cheers,

Ed Banks

Shakespeare Solutions.