Light Fixture

Posted by newbee on March 11, 2007, 10:24 pm

In my new Town Home, the builder has provided a hanging light on the
side of the living room. I want to move this to the center of the
room and possibly put a new lighting unit.

How easy is it to move the existing fixture from the other part to the
center. The distance is about 4 feet (between the current fixture and
the center of the room).

Thanks

SR.

Posted by RBM on March 11, 2007, 10:32 pm

You got a few variables involved: What's the ceiling made of? Is there attic
above it? Do you want to eliminate the current ceiling outlet?

> In my new Town Home, the builder has provided a hanging light on the
> side of the living room. I want to move this to the center of the
> room and possibly put a new lighting unit.
> How easy is it to move the existing fixture from the other part to the
> center. The distance is about 4 feet (between the current fixture and
> the center of the room).
> Thanks
> SR.
>

Posted by newbee on March 12, 2007, 12:50 pm

> You got a few variables involved: What's the ceiling made of? Is there attic
> above it? Do you want to eliminate the current ceiling outlet?

> > In my new Town Home, the builder has provided a hanging light on the
> > side of the living room. I want to move this to the center of the
> > room and possibly put a new lighting unit.
> > How easy is it to move the existing fixture from the other part to the
> > center. The distance is about 4 feet (between the current fixture and
> > the center of the room).
> > Thanks
> > SR.

There is no attic on top. Its in the middle level with about 20"
joists, so I may have to cut a circular hole for the new fixture. I
want to reuse the existing switch/wiring of the other light fixture,
so, I can probably close it off after I move it to the center.

How easy or hard is it to accomplish this

Thanks

SR.

Posted by RBM on March 12, 2007, 5:44 pm

If you have 20 inch joists, they must be trusses, this is good as it allows
you to snake cable in two directions. You can get a retrofit fan/chandelier
outlet box such as Westinghouse 1100 from electrical supply or HD. with this
box, you just cut a 4 inch round hole in the ceiling and the bar and box
goes up and expands to the joists, but before you install the box, shoot a
wire snake from a knock out of the existing lighting outlet to the new
location. Once you've installed the box and fixture, splice the cables
together in the existing box, and install a flush black plate like
"invisoplate" which is barley noticeable

>> You got a few variables involved: What's the ceiling made of? Is there
>> attic
>> above it? Do you want to eliminate the current ceiling outlet?

>> > In my new Town Home, the builder has provided a hanging light on the
>> > side of the living room. I want to move this to the center of the
>> > room and possibly put a new lighting unit.
>> > How easy is it to move the existing fixture from the other part to the
>> > center. The distance is about 4 feet (between the current fixture and
>> > the center of the room).
>> > Thanks
>> > SR.

> There is no attic on top. Its in the middle level with about 20"
> joists, so I may have to cut a circular hole for the new fixture. I
> want to reuse the existing switch/wiring of the other light fixture,
> so, I can probably close it off after I move it to the center.
> How easy or hard is it to accomplish this
> Thanks
> SR.
>

Posted by RBM on March 12, 2007, 6:13 pm

Sorry, was in a hurry. you need to attach a cable of the same gauge as
existing, to the wire snake and pull it back into the existing outlet box
from the new location

> If you have 20 inch joists, they must be trusses, this is good as it
> allows you to snake cable in two directions. You can get a retrofit
> fan/chandelier outlet box such as Westinghouse 1100 from electrical supply
> or HD. with this box, you just cut a 4 inch round hole in the ceiling and
> the bar and box goes up and expands to the joists, but before you install
> the box, shoot a wire snake from a knock out of the existing lighting
> outlet to the new location. Once you've installed the box and fixture,
> splice the cables together in the existing box, and install a flush black
> plate like "invisoplate" which is barley noticeable

>>> You got a few variables involved: What's the ceiling made of? Is there
>>> attic
>>> above it? Do you want to eliminate the current ceiling outlet?
>>> > In my new Town Home, the builder has provided a hanging light on the
>>> > side of the living room. I want to move this to the center of the
>>> > room and possibly put a new lighting unit.
>>> > How easy is it to move the existing fixture from the other part to the
>>> > center. The distance is about 4 feet (between the current fixture and
>>> > the center of the room).
>>> > Thanks
>>> > SR.

>> There is no attic on top. Its in the middle level with about 20"
>> joists, so I may have to cut a circular hole for the new fixture. I
>> want to reuse the existing switch/wiring of the other light fixture,
>> so, I can probably close it off after I move it to the center.
>> How easy or hard is it to accomplish this
>> Thanks
>> SR.

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