Move Light Fixture From Ceiling To Wall

Make the opening in the ceiling for the new light fixture.

Move light fixture from ceiling to wall.

An alternative to designing a wall or ceiling feature is to exchange the light fixture for one with a wide enough base to cover the box when the fixture is centered. Use a stud finder to locate the ceiling joist that is nearest to where you want to move the light fixture. Step 6 run your wire to the area you want the new light fixture. You ll be using a drywall mounted junction box which clamps directly to the ceiling drywall.

If the house is finished this involves snaking the wire to where you want to move the new fixture to. If there is no framing or plumbing between the old location and new location you might be able to just remove the existing box take the cable or conduit and mount it to a new remodel box in the new location. You usually need to install. Its proximity to the shower curtain and the fact that we didn t have the energy to remedy the situation back in april when we switched out the old light for a new one and did some slight drywall patching and painting nothing.

I then noticed where the wires were coming into the box in my case they came from the ceiling this is good and bad i then took my drywall saw and started sawing very carefully next to the lightbox toward the ceiling to go around the circle i traced. Moving a ceiling fixture the easy way. Keep the cut out and use it to patch the existing opening. We held up a tape measure and played around with what looked good.

Identify the location for the new light fixture and use the stud sensor to make sure there are no joists directly behind the ceiling in that area. Secure the electrical wiring. Next i took one of the new light boxes and traced an outline of where i wanted the new box placed. You ll need to reinforce the junction box if you plan to install a heavy fixture such as a ceiling fan.

Place a new ceiling electrical box against the ceiling next to the joist and trace the. Its proximity to the shower curtain. Ever since we updated the light fixture in our bathroom back in april one thing has been bothering us. How did we decide on 36.

There might be other ways to do it with out tearing up that wall. Install the new fixture box and wiring. Of course you will not know this untill you cut the hole for the new box.