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Removing can light fixtures Frankie Leo 09-26-2006
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Posted by Frankie Leo on September 26, 2006, 9:25 pm
I need to run some speaker wires in the ceiling on the first floor of
my two story house. I have can lights that are spaced just right to
snake wires, but I've never worked with them before. I need to remove
them or at least part of them to get to the space between the ceiling
and floor above. Are there any tricks I need to know to do this. I
want to reassemble them when I'm done.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thx
Frank


Posted by RBM on September 26, 2006, 10:13 pm
There is a variety of commonly used housings and trims. If you remove the
lamp and look inside for the make and model,post back and someone will be
able to direct you in their removal

>I need to run some speaker wires in the ceiling on the first floor of
> my two story house. I have can lights that are spaced just right to
> snake wires, but I've never worked with them before. I need to remove
> them or at least part of them to get to the space between the ceiling
> and floor above. Are there any tricks I need to know to do this. I
> want to reassemble them when I'm done.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thx
> Frank
>



Posted by tim1198 on September 27, 2006, 7:52 am
Frankie,
There are 2 types of can lights. "new construction" and "remodel". If
it's new construction, it's mounted to your ceiling joists and removing
them would be ver difficult. If it's remodel, it's clipped on the
sheetrock after the house was built, and can be easily removed. You
can tell the difference by taking out the lightbulb and seeing if there
are 3 metal spring clips on the sides of the can.

Go to the big box store and look at the two different types and play
with them so you'll know how to identify them

good luck,
tim1198

Frankie Leo wrote:
> I need to run some speaker wires in the ceiling on the first floor of
> my two story house. I have can lights that are spaced just right to
> snake wires, but I've never worked with them before. I need to remove
> them or at least part of them to get to the space between the ceiling
> and floor above. Are there any tricks I need to know to do this. I
> want to reassemble them when I'm done.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Thx
> Frank


Posted by RBM on September 27, 2006, 5:46 pm
The "can" part of either type can be easily removed, either by removing
screws or clips depending upon manufacturer



> Frankie,
> There are 2 types of can lights. "new construction" and "remodel". If
> it's new construction, it's mounted to your ceiling joists and removing
> them would be ver difficult. If it's remodel, it's clipped on the
> sheetrock after the house was built, and can be easily removed. You
> can tell the difference by taking out the lightbulb and seeing if there
> are 3 metal spring clips on the sides of the can.
>
> Go to the big box store and look at the two different types and play
> with them so you'll know how to identify them
>
> good luck,
> tim1198
>
> Frankie Leo wrote:
>> I need to run some speaker wires in the ceiling on the first floor of
>> my two story house. I have can lights that are spaced just right to
>> snake wires, but I've never worked with them before. I need to remove
>> them or at least part of them to get to the space between the ceiling
>> and floor above. Are there any tricks I need to know to do this. I
>> want to reassemble them when I'm done.
>>
>> Any help will be appreciated.
>> Thx
>> Frank
>



Posted by Frankie Leo on September 27, 2006, 9:12 pm
This is all good stuff. Thanks. I'll take a look at them this
weekend.
Frank

RBM (remove this) wrote:
> The "can" part of either type can be easily removed, either by removing
> screws or clips depending upon manufacturer
>
>
>
> > Frankie,
> > There are 2 types of can lights. "new construction" and "remodel". If
> > it's new construction, it's mounted to your ceiling joists and removing
> > them would be ver difficult. If it's remodel, it's clipped on the
> > sheetrock after the house was built, and can be easily removed. You
> > can tell the difference by taking out the lightbulb and seeing if there
> > are 3 metal spring clips on the sides of the can.
> >
> > Go to the big box store and look at the two different types and play
> > with them so you'll know how to identify them
> >
> > good luck,
> > tim1198
> >
> > Frankie Leo wrote:
> >> I need to run some speaker wires in the ceiling on the first floor of
> >> my two story house. I have can lights that are spaced just right to
> >> snake wires, but I've never worked with them before. I need to remove
> >> them or at least part of them to get to the space between the ceiling
> >> and floor above. Are there any tricks I need to know to do this. I
> >> want to reassemble them when I'm done.
> >>
> >> Any help will be appreciated.
> >> Thx
> >> Frank
> >


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