Moving Light Fixture On Wall

Get a surface mount 1 2 pancake box and screw it to the stud higher up on the wall as close to the center as you can.

Moving light fixture on wall.

Keep the cut out and use it to patch the existing opening. Install the required length of new wiring to the new location for the light fixture. Twist a wire cap onto each pair of wires you connect and push the caps into the box. Make the opening in the ceiling for the new light fixture.

Twist your wire cap on to secure the two wires. Screwdrivers pliers level drill and potenitall. Pull the fixture wires into the electric box and make connections. You ll need to reinforce the junction box if you plan to install a heavy fixture such as a ceiling fan.

Make sure they are firmly connected. If so the box is probably nailed to a stud. You ll be using a drywall mounted junction box which clamps directly to the ceiling drywall. Twist the white wire from the light fixture to the white wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion.

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. Take the fixture down and look at it to see. If this is a long distance you re going to run in to problems with ceiling joists or frame timber in the wall. You may want to find a place closer to where you want the new fixture such as a power outlet and use that wiring.

Twist the ground wire coming from your light fixture to the ground wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion. Take the box out if it s plastic just pry the sides with a screwdriver and let it drop down into the wall. Hello diy remodelers in this video we show you how to take an old off center bathroom vanity light fixture outlet box which is not centered on the wall and. Next i took one of the new light boxes and traced an outline of where i wanted the new box placed.

Run your wire to the area you want the new light fixture. Remove the screws that attach the electrical box to the ceiling joist and remove the box from inside the. Detach the light fixture from the electrical box and slowly lower the light fixture. Wall light was successfully moved without extra damage downstairs in a two storey house.

If the house is finished this involves snaking the wire to where you want to move the new fixture to.