Moving A Wall Light Fixture Box

Next i took one of the new light boxes and traced an outline of where i wanted the new box placed.

Moving a wall light fixture box.

Twist a wire cap onto each pair of wires you connect and push the caps into the box. How we moved our bathroom vanity lights by moving the junction boxes. Shut off the circuit breaker switch for the light you re planning to move. We couldn t find a youtube video to teach us how so we filmed ourselves as we figured.

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. Make the opening in the ceiling for the new light fixture. How to move a light fixture step 1. Remove the internal housing from the ceiling or wall.

Install the required length of new wiring to the new location for the light fixture. Remove the existing light fixture junction box and turn it so that it is accessible from above. Keep the cut out and use it to patch the existing opening.