Have the pictured ceiling light above my showers and baths but can't figure out how to remove them. Any ideas short of breaking them? The trim appears to be caulked to the surrounding ceiling and the glazed cover turns but doesn't appear to unscrew.
Although the trim isn't supposed to be siliconed in place it's a fairly common occurrence.
You'll need to score the silicone with a knife and you may need a spackle knife to pry the trim off the ceiling.
That looks like a 5" trim. Several companies offer replacements. That may be a Halo fixture. They were the most popular recessed fixtures sold. You have a two piece trim. The ring and center piece fit together to form the trim.
You could consider switching over to an LED retrofit trim. All one piece. They come in 4", 5" and 6" sizes. Get one with multi colors and you can choose the color of the light that's most pleasing.
I agree with Pete, replace that trim with an LED retrofit kit, you値l be happy you did, there shouldn稚 be very much patching to do, a little Spackle should do it.
Geo🇺🇸
The really isn't any drywall repair. The damage looks to be in the coating.
You can get a premixed spackle to repair that.
Use a drywall knife to apply a thin coat on the area.
You can use a sponge to tamp the area as it drys to give it a textured look.
I have a home in a very rural area with lots of bugs.
It doesn't take long at all for the bugs to find their way in my ceiling light fixtures and die and accumulate.
I saw online some LED ceiling light fixtures appear to be sealed.
Does anyone know if using these will work to keep the bugs out?
Or, if there is a better solution?
I have many fixtures, so I'd really rather not buy and replace all of them.
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Thank you!
[color=#222222]I知 looking to have a ceiling fan installed where there is currently recessed lighting. I won稚 be doing this myself, but I would like to understand the process when I知 talking to the electrician.[/color]
[color=#222222]My first question is...is there a conversion kit that is used with the recessed lighting can to install a fan? Or does the recessed light can have to come totally out and then install?[/color]
[color=#222222]The conversion kits I have seen seem to more for other light fixtures and not necessarily for the weight of a fan.[/color]
[color=#222222]My second question is...currently there are 6 recessed lights in the ceiling. There is one switch on the wall that when switched on it turns on all 6 lights. Since I don稚 want the lights to go on with the fan...I知 assuming the fan would have to be totally re-wired separately? Wired separately to a junction box with its own switch on the wall. Sorry if I知 over simplifying (or over complicating) this, but I just want to make I understand before talking to the electrician and that I知 not missing something. I have a feeling this is going to be more expensive then first anticipated.[/color]
[color=#222222]Thanks in advance for any information.[/color]
06-02-22, 05:14 PM
