Convert Recessed Light To Flush Mount

It also comes with mounting plates that you install onto the can lights.

Convert recessed light to flush mount.

Attach the crossbar provided with the kit. Transform your existing recessed lighting into a pendant or light fixture. Converting a standard ceiling light fixture to a recessed light involves removing the old fixture and its electrical box and installing the new recessed light usually in the same place. A recessed light sometimes called a can light has both its housing and bulb recessed above the ceiling drywall.

Be sure to read and follow the instructions in the light conversion kit. In most cases a flush mount light fixture will cover the hole occupied by the recessed fixture. Whether or not you patch the hole with new drywall tape and joint compound. Screw that into the socket.

Open the recessed light conversion kit. Gather all the supplies and remove the light bulb from the recessed light fixture. This unique patent pending recessed light converter offers a quick and easy home upgrade with no major remodeling. Hang any pendant or other light fixture of 50 lbs.

When replacing recessed lighting with flush mount lighting the most important issue is what to do with the hole in the ceiling left behind by the recessed lighting fixture.