Moving Ceiling Light Fixture Box

Remove your light fixture.

Moving ceiling light fixture box.

Moving a ceiling fixture the easy way. Pull the fixture wires into the electric box and make connections. Or if it s just lightweight like mine you can leave it and move onto step 3. Keep the cut out and use it to patch the existing opening.

Remove the screws that attach the electrical box to the ceiling joist and remove the box from inside the. We had kind of forgotten where our beams were in the ceiling so we started off by drilling a couple of very small holes to see if we hit anything nothing but drywall and air and then took it a step further by cutting a small hole in the drywall big enough to slip. We held up a tape measure and played around with what looked good. Detach the light fixture from the electrical box and slowly lower the light fixture.

You ll need to reinforce the junction box if you plan to install a heavy fixture such as a ceiling fan. The old junction box was located in the center of the laundry room but we wanted the light fixture to hang in the center of the doorway 36 from the ceiling. Fit the box into the hole until the front flange butts against the drywall. Pull the box out slightly while you tighten the screw to maintain the anchor in this position.

Then we turned off the power and disconnected the light from the fixture box. You ll be using a drywall mounted junction box which clamps directly to the ceiling drywall. There s a few steps joe goes through when getting. Turn one of the screws on the front of the box to rotate the plastic anchor in position against the back on the drywall.

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. Pull the box down and gently tug on the wires to see how much slack there is in them. Make the opening in the ceiling for the new light fixture. Turn off the power to the circuit that powers the light by turning off the circuit breaker in the main panel.

Remove the existing light fixture junction box and turn it so that it is accessible from above.