Removing Wall Lights Safely

Pull the fixture off the wall.

Removing wall lights safely.

Once all the wires are disconnected at both ends they should be cut back or removed to ensure that reconnection is not possible. Twist wire caps on. Turn off the power to the fixture at the fuse box. The ideal approach is to remove all of the wires.

Covering your wall with floor to ceiling mirror or rather mirror tiles seemed like such a good idea back in the 1960s but a lot has changed in the past half century. When you remove or open a wall or a ceiling you may encounter stray electrical wires. Unscrew the light fixture from the mounting plate attached to the electrical box. Or the previous owners may have buried the wires behind drywall an extremely dangerous practice.

Video of the day volume 0. Lower the existing fixture off the wall or ceiling by taking out the mounting screws holding it to the electrical box exposing the wiring behind it. How to remove a wall light step 1. The wires may have lead to an outlet or a light that has been taken out of commission.

The mounting bracket is a long thin piece of metal that runs across the fixture plate to mount it onto the ceiling. If the lights are being removed permanently the wiring to them should be disconnected from the circuit. You will see many exposed wires once the fixture plate is removed. Remove the light bulb by twisting it by hand in a counterclockwise direction and set it aside.

The wall can then be repaired and decorated. Hold the fixture in one hand as the wiring may not support the weight of the fixture. Don t touch these until you have used a voltage. Terminate cables to a chocblock but then you must chop in a backbox and use a blanking plate bit unsightly in the middle of the wall disconnect the leg of the circuit that supplies the lights leaving cables in place with ends terminated this is a last resort.