Installing ceiling light box between 2 joists
#1
Installing ceiling light box between 2 joists
How do I install a new junction box between 2 joists in the ceiling?
#6
Do you have enough cable to make all the connections in the single box? We were thinking "junction" box, not light ceiling box. If you don't have enough cable, you will need to use two boxes, and extedd from one of them to your light ceiling box.
#7
Yep plenty of cable... it's just one light.
There was plywood between the 2 joists before and a light box hole cut in the middle but I thought I had seen light boxes supported just by small wood pieces or metal extensions?
There was plywood between the 2 joists before and a light box hole cut in the middle but I thought I had seen light boxes supported just by small wood pieces or metal extensions?
#11
Use a bar box like Ray posted but use a metal box with a 4" box extension ring.

Last edited by PJmax; 01-17-15 at 09:49 PM. Reason: added pic