Installing Can Lights On First Floor

You don t have to tear up your ceiling either.

Installing can lights on first floor. Affix the switch box to the. We ll show you how to add these lights to your room with minimum ceiling tear out and patching. Can anyone give me some ideas and advise on what i m getting myself into. There are rooms above the kitchen so this won t be as easy as just going into the attic.

Do i have to cut out holes in the ceiling to drill through the beams and run the wiring. How to install recessed lighting without access to the attic. If you have an existing light fixture that you are replacing disconnect it before you begin the process of how to wire recessed lights. Their playroom is on the first floor of our two story house so we had no idea how to install recessed lighting without attic access.

Attach the box this is where the wires will be connected and from which the light will be hung to a ceiling joist. So we did some research and figured out how to diy it ourselves. That wasn t going to happen. My wife and i purchased a house and want to install recessed lighting in our kitchen on the first floor.

We decided to change out the two middle upstairs hallway ones into recessed lighting too. Do not rely on the ceiling to support the weight of the light. Even if you don t have access to the ceiling from the attic you can install these lights by following the directions shown here. If so is it easy to patch up the holes and re texture the ceilings to match back up with the current texture.

Most recessed lighting kits come with the fixture box affixed to the light which makes hanging the fixture easier. Remodeling electrical boxes or old work boxes are used to add electrical outlets light switches and lights to finished rooms in a home. Look for a closet on the first floor under the same ceiling joists you wish to fish wires to your tanks where you can run cables from the crawl space along the surface of a corner of that closet into that ceiling joist space without having to fight insulation in outside walls and getting past top plates. The second floor hallway has 4 flushmount lights installed.

You can see 3 of the 4 below. The 4th light is behind me and to my right. I ve installed lights with an attic. Give your room a stunning new look and feel by installing recessed lighting.

Run nm b cable from the power source to a switch box and then to the first hole allowing at least 18 inches of extra cable to make wiring easy.