pete_c
Guru
New project here...two homes...one ranch style and one two story...
Got the idea looking at a new home build a few months back.
I have ceiling fixtures circa early 2000's in all of the hallways here. They look like this:
House One has 6 of these in the 2nd story and main floor hallways. House two has 5 of these ugly looking ceiling fixtures made of glass and mirrors. Will take pictures of these fixtures.
Current using LED E46 bulbs in these fixtures and UPB switch connected.
All of the ceiling fixtures in this house including the fan/lights are mounted in to 3.5" octagon metal jboxes. House is wired with conduit.
House number two has different fixtures mounted in same style 3.5" octogon metal boxes except all 9 foot ceilings.
These fixtures are all glass and mirror with four candelabra LED bulbs - ugly.
The ceiling lamps were all mounted using brackets pictured on left to use the standard 4" mounting holes in all of the fixtures. I am changing all of them to the ones pictured on the right. The electrical contractor ran many wires through all of the ceiling boxes here such that I am pulling all of the wires out and redoing them replacing the old style wire nuts with Wago wire clamps to use less space up. Here is an example of one box which personally is a joke to me and very mickey mouse.
Here is a picture of my wago nut fix and new mounting plate and new lamps. 3 color switchable 3k, 4k and 5k. These lamps come with hardware to flush mount them and with spring clips to mount them on a can. IE: used same ones in Kitchen projects (two kitchens).
Most of the work relates to doing all of this on a ladder. The great room has 20 foot plus ceilings and will be the most difficult ones to change over.
I utilize the short 4mm screws to mount the lamp fixture on the circular plate. Works great. Purchased a couple of 12" almost flat fixtures and these came with a plastic circular mounting bracket to twist on the fixture and wago nuts.
Noticed in the two houses that the ceiling fans / brackets were mounted to the box with only one screw going to the box and a drywall screw holding the other side of the bracket. This past year replaced the mounts using the circular plates shown. I did this when going to the newer Tasmota fan light switches. Most difficult one was in the great room and the high ceiling that I could only reach standing on the top of a 16 foot ladder.
Got the idea looking at a new home build a few months back.
I have ceiling fixtures circa early 2000's in all of the hallways here. They look like this:
House One has 6 of these in the 2nd story and main floor hallways. House two has 5 of these ugly looking ceiling fixtures made of glass and mirrors. Will take pictures of these fixtures.
Current using LED E46 bulbs in these fixtures and UPB switch connected.
All of the ceiling fixtures in this house including the fan/lights are mounted in to 3.5" octagon metal jboxes. House is wired with conduit.
House number two has different fixtures mounted in same style 3.5" octogon metal boxes except all 9 foot ceilings.
These fixtures are all glass and mirror with four candelabra LED bulbs - ugly.
The ceiling lamps were all mounted using brackets pictured on left to use the standard 4" mounting holes in all of the fixtures. I am changing all of them to the ones pictured on the right. The electrical contractor ran many wires through all of the ceiling boxes here such that I am pulling all of the wires out and redoing them replacing the old style wire nuts with Wago wire clamps to use less space up. Here is an example of one box which personally is a joke to me and very mickey mouse.
Here is a picture of my wago nut fix and new mounting plate and new lamps. 3 color switchable 3k, 4k and 5k. These lamps come with hardware to flush mount them and with spring clips to mount them on a can. IE: used same ones in Kitchen projects (two kitchens).
Most of the work relates to doing all of this on a ladder. The great room has 20 foot plus ceilings and will be the most difficult ones to change over.
I utilize the short 4mm screws to mount the lamp fixture on the circular plate. Works great. Purchased a couple of 12" almost flat fixtures and these came with a plastic circular mounting bracket to twist on the fixture and wago nuts.
Noticed in the two houses that the ceiling fans / brackets were mounted to the box with only one screw going to the box and a drywall screw holding the other side of the bracket. This past year replaced the mounts using the circular plates shown. I did this when going to the newer Tasmota fan light switches. Most difficult one was in the great room and the high ceiling that I could only reach standing on the top of a 16 foot ladder.
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