Removing wall lights

[Jackle]

My mother would like me to redecorate her lounge. As part of this she wants a a pair of wall lights removing, but the third one leaving in place.

At the moment the three lights are operated by a single switch. So I would need to remove the two lights, blank off the wiring and then fill in the hole.

What would be the best method to safely and permanently blank off the remaining wiring?

 

[Taylortwocities]

You will need to access the wiring from above (lift the floor in the room above.)

Pull the cables up from the wall and reconnect them using a permanent joint method (eg the proper crimp or solder and cover over the joint with heat shrink sleeving). Do not use a junction box with screwed terminals if the joint cannot be accessed.

You must not leave the live cables in the wall and plaster over the site of the old wall light. This is very dangerous as some future occupant will not know they are there and could drill through or drive anail into the cable - with potentially fatal results - it has happened.

 

[Jackle]

I can't get to the floor in the room above as it is another flat - she's on the bottom floor of 3.

I'll probably try to persuade her to get rid of all three lights then, and isolate the wiring at the switch.

Don't worry I won't be leaving live wires in the walls!

 

[ericmark]

If you replace lights with a blanking plate or similar so it can be seen there is an electrical connection there it would be permitted. The clock connector shown would allow easy replacement of lights in the future.