A stairwell is the one place a light can be as tall as a room.

As a guide, the lowest point should finish around the level of the first-floor landing, or roughly two-thirds of the way down the void, and never lower than 2.1 m above any stair tread you walk under. Measure from the ceiling to where you want the bottom light to sit; that's your drop.

Measure from the ceiling mounting point straight down to the level where you want the lowest light. Account for the staircase below, nothing should hang lower than 2.1 m above a tread. Send us that figure and we'll supply the right cable or rod length.

Yes. Most staircase chandeliers ship with generous extra cable or rod and are designed to be set to your exact drop during installation. For very tall voids we can supply additional suspension, just tell us the height when ordering.

Because of the height, installation usually needs an access tower or scaffold and a qualified electrician. The fixture is assembled at the ceiling box, then the individual lights are extended to their staggered drop lengths. We include a numbered layout so the composition goes up correctly.

Most owners clean theirs once or twice a year with an access pole and a microfibre duster, or hire a window-cleaner with a tower for crystal pieces. Choosing an LED model with sealed, bulb-free lights greatly reduces how often you need to reach it.

Weights are on every product page. Tall cascading and crystal pieces can be heavy and must mount to a fixture-rated box or a structural joist, your electrician will confirm the fixing. Lighter cluster and LED models are more forgiving.

Yes, dimmable warm-white LEDs are included with the vast majority of models. Because LEDs last 15,000 to 25,000 hours, you may not need to change them for 15+ years. For models with replaceable bulbs, we recommend doing it during an annual clean with proper access.

Yes, with a compatible dimmer and dimmable LEDs. A dimmer is especially worthwhile here, it lets the piece blaze for arrivals and settle to a soft glow at night when it doubles as a nightlight for the stairs.

Cascading and spiral pieces really want two storeys (about 5 m) or more. For a single-storey stairwell, a compact cluster or a linear drop sized to your void works better than a long cascade.

Yes. We can extend the suspension cable or rod on most models to suit voids well beyond the standard drop, just provide the floor-to-ceiling height and target finish level when you order.

A staircase chandelier is built around a long vertical drop, its lights are arranged down the height of a void rather than spread across one plane. A normal chandelier sits in a single horizontal layer. Staircase pieces come with extra cable specifically so you can set that drop.

Yes, but choose the right type. For a single-storey void, a compact cluster or a short linear drop looks balanced. Save full cascading and spiral pieces for two-storey-plus stairwells where they have room to fall.

On most models, yes, each light hangs on its own adjustable cable, so you tune the staggered heights to suit your void during installation and can re-tune them later. We include a suggested layout to start from.

No, when sized correctly. The lowest light should finish above head height over any tread (2.1 m minimum) and the piece hangs in the open void beside the stairs, not over the steps themselves. Our sizing help makes sure it clears the sightlines.