Installing can lights drop ceilings

Additional support structures are needed in recessed lighting for a drop ceiling. Wire supports must be installed on each tile where a light will be located. Beside above, how do you replace recessed lighting with ceiling tiles? Remove the ceiling tile at each recessed light location. Cut the suspension wire to the distance between the mounting clip and the main T-bar plus 24 inches.

Feed the bent end of the wire through the wire suspension clip. Fluorescent Lights Light -weight fluorescent light fixtures have become the most common and popular choice for use in drop ceilings , because they can be mounted onto the same metal supports that hold the ceiling panels. Conventional installation method Layout your light locations on the ceiling. Cut the hole that you'll install the fixture into. Run your wire to the light location. Make your electrical connections. Connect the driver to the light.

Tuck the junction box through the hole. Install your light into the hole. That's it! Drop -in Light Fixtures Remove the ceiling panel where the light is to be installed and the ceiling panels on both sides of that location. Drill the hard ceiling and install lead anchors above the corners of the opening where the light will be installed. Screw eye bolts into each of the anchors. Suspended grid t-bar grid , drop ceiling grid , etc. The typical rule-of-thumb is 24" from each wall, and then feet between cans.

So in a 12' room you'd probably want two rows of lights. Considering it is a bedroom and you don't need it as bright as a kitchen, you can probably get away with 2 rows of 4 lights for a total of 8. Move the laser level over the appropriate length and install the next row of light fixtures. Continue until you have covered the entire ceiling space. Transfer these measurements to the back of a ceiling tile. Connect the four measurements so you are left with a plus sign on the back of the ceiling tile.

Use a spare cross tee as a straight edge. The location where the lines intersect indicates the center of the light fixture. Center a hole saw over the intersecting lines. Use a hole saw with the same diameter as your light fixture opening. Drill through the ceiling tile. Lift the ceiling tile into the grid opening. So in a 12' room you'd probably want two rows of lights. Considering it is a bedroom and you don't need it as bright as a kitchen, you can probably get away with 2 rows of 4 lights for a total of 8.

Gently lift the fixture to the suspended ceiling tile while threading the chain or wire through the trimmed hole. Hang the chain from the hook or wrap the wire around the screws and tighten the screws. You can now properly wire the fixture to the electrical wires within your ceiling.

Drop ceiling tiles won't support the weight of a recessed light by itself. Additional support structures are needed in recessed lighting for a drop ceiling. Install four suspension clips - two on each side - to the floor joists above the ceiling tile.

Wire supports must be installed on each tile where a light will be located. How do you hang something heavy on a drop ceiling? Steps Locate a ceiling joist using a stud finder. Make marks on the joist where the object will hang. Check that every mark is on the joist.