Light Fitting

[matt2014]

Hello,

We've recently brought a house. I've got a couple of questions regarding light fittings.

In the bedroom there are two lights in the ceiling and we would like to remove one of them. Is it just a case of unscrewing the bounding box? taping over the wires, threading it back through the ceiling hole then plastering over?

The other problem is the light switch for the hallway. If you look in the picture is sticks out from the wall in a box? Does any one have any idea why it would be like that and if it's an easy job to change it to a normal light switch?

many thanks,
Matt

Light Fitting

• matt2014
• 6 Jan 2014
• 1

Junction Box

• matt2014
• 6 Jan 2014
• 1

 

[AndyPRK]

regarding the light. No that is not a good method. For a start there could be many wires which still require connection for the rest of the lights to work.

You could remove the down cable, just leaving the round rose on the ceiling. That would be sensible.


Regarding the switch, not an easy job. You could replace it with a normal white switch so it doesn't stick out so far, if you knock it as you walk past

 

[matt2014]

Thanks for that.. Any idea why they would have installed it like that?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Speed, ease, customer (LA?) didn't want to pay for better.

It's perfectly normal.

You can dig out and fit a box for flush fitting.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

In the bedroom there are two lights in the ceiling and we would like to remove one of them. Is it just a case of unscrewing the bounding box? taping over the wires, threading it back through the ceiling hole then plastering over?

No there is a little more to it than that, you cannot just tape up the ends, they need to be safely terminated and if the joint in future is not accessible the method joints needs to of the c
kind that is considered maintenance free.
Depending on the way circuit is configured and which of lights you were to remove, would dictate how this should be done, as it may be a case where the second light's cable can just be disconnect, to take it out of circuit or it and no joint required or maybe that you need to keep the cable jointed to keep continuity to the fitting you wish to keep.

The other problem is the light switch for the hallway. If you look in the picture is sticks out from the wall in a box? Does any one have any idea why it would be like that and if it's an easy job to change it to a normal light switch?

Could be that someone was being lazy, could be the wall is either difficult or not suitable to sink a box into.