How To Add A Light To A Finished Garage Ceiling
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I will walk you through the process of adding a light to an existing circuit without going up to the attic. This also will make it so you will have no drywall repair or painting to do after the installation.
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I will rewatch it again when I’m about to do my lights
Install those deformable LED garage lamps! They’re insanely good
I actually do have those and agree those crank up the Lumens 👍
Good job. You also could surface wire the light. Another way is what I did. I changed the regular bulbs out and put in four foot led lights. Plenty of bright from them.
Thank you! Super simple and straightforward for beginners (me)
Love the Milwaukee drywall hole saw. Works way better than other models that have the set screws.
Agreed 👍
You're the one who helped me out with cutting my kitchen sink countertop hole.
Request for a future video: How do you fish wires through an existing junction box? I’ve watched a million “add a new outlet” videos. In every video they gloss over over this step: how do you fish the wire through the existing junction box? In this video, the existing box magically disappears so you can reach in the ceiling cavity and grab the fishing line. I assume you went up in the attic and removed it from above.
Fishing a line through a plastic box seems straightforward enough as long as start at the box, put the tip of the fish wire through the clamp and push it toward the new hole (of course then you can’t guide against the joist like you did in the video). But in my older house, all of my existing junction boxes are metal, so it would be nice to learn how to punch out and add a cable clamp to that box without damaging the box or the drywall around it.
I just did this to add a "structured media" enclosure and give it power for router, switch, etc by tapping into an existing outlet. Check out Legrand or Leviton if you're not familiar. Our newly-purchased house built in 2000 was wired with a ton of networking cable (4x bundle cables each with 2x Cat5e, 2x RG6 coax, and fiber optic, along with 7 additional RG6 and 12 additional cat5, all run to a central location in a wall cavity and to various rooms), but previous owner drywalled over almost all evidence of it throughout the house, including the central location where they must have had a server box mounted to the wall or something. I investigated and found the central location and added a 14"x30" enclosure into the wall cavity).
I'm not an electrician, just a DIYer. But I needed to tap into an outlet on the next wall cavity over, and several feet lower. I added the new outlet to the bottom of the media enclosure, about 4ft above the floor. The house had romex going through the studs in that wall about 2.5ft above the floor, so I had to reach below about 18" through my drywall opening for the enclosure, use fish tape to get through the existing hole in the wall stud, then feed it through and feel for it to hit the next stud over, and let gravity carry it down until it hit the outlet box I was going to tap into. From there, I could peek between the box and the opening for it in the drywall to see where the fish tape landed, then used a ruler to guide it to the hole in the box. Then used a short hook/pick to snag the hole in the end of the fish tape and pull it through the hole. Straightforward, but very fiddly. Thankfully this was not an insulated wall cavity or it would have been nearly impossible.
But yeah, I noticed the magical disappearing box in this video too! That's such a key step to leave out of the video, because it is by far the trickiest!
FANTASTIC video for people getting started like me, many thanks
You bet!
That Milwaukee drywall hole cutter with the dust cover seems like an awesome idea!
I Always wondered if someone made a way to capture all that dust while cutting in a ceiling.
At first I thought the plastic cover was something that you made because it looks like a microwave splatter cover that you use when you're heating up food. Kind of gives me an idea for when you're drilling small holes in a ceiling with regular drill bits.
I love all your videos. Thank you so much!
12:30 That looks excellent. It looks as if they were already installed like that in the beginning.
Hi Scott great video . could you do one where the Romex runs at a right angle with no access above or below the joist . Without tearing the whole ceiling apart . Thank you for your time .
In that case, you have 2 options. 1.) Use one of those extra-long flexible auger bits (which he mentioned in this video) to drill through multiple joists, which is risky because you can’t see where the bit is going and you might drill through the floor up above, or 2.) surface mount the wire in a conduit.
Scott showed mounting a conduit in an older video about adding a plug for an EV in your garage, but a shorter tutorial about how to size conduit, mount it, connect fittings, and fish wire through it would be a good idea for a future video.
Great job. Thank you for sharing
I see you liked the hole saw I recommended 👍
BIG fan! Thanks for the recommendation. By far the best one on the market.
Do a video converting those old work and new work boxes into a 6 inch can-less light, people will love it!! And the light output on those are way better, you already have a great layout for them!
Good demonstration
Thx 👍
Awesome info as as always!👍🏼
You should get a cable ripper, its very easy to cut into wire insulation without realizing it when you use a razor to cut off romex jacketing.
I have considered those a few times. I will give them a go and include them on a future video 👍. Thanks for the feedback!
i love my adjustable wire strippers myself
Good stuff. I've watched a few of your videos. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel.
wow,so just by chance you fished that all the way over there right to the new hole? You are good if you get that in one shot....I've done these sort od thing are they are a nightmare
Great Video. Thank you for sharing
You bet 👍
Great video Scott!!
Thanks!
Hello, great video. Question- can I connect or add a new chandelier to the existing chandelier? I want to have 2 chandeliers in my dining room.
Would you hang a small pendant light from this box?
I would feel comfortable if the light was under 5 lbs. Most of the old work ceiling boxes are rated around 10 -15 lbs.
The new new hole was right next to a joist, so why didn't you attach the junction box to the joist so FutureYou could hang a heavier light from it without having to reinstall the box?
For me, I always attached the box to the joist/framing when possible.
That would require a bigger hole with drywall and paint work that he stated he wanted to avoid.
The light fixtures he's using weigh almost nothing, so the box he used is more than adequate. For heavier fixtures, Southwire makes some boxes that attach to joists or studs without damaging the drywall around the opening. They even have a version for ceiling fans. Search for Southwire models MSBRND and MSBFAN to see how they work.
Question about your attic ladder. I have a similar opening and can’t put stairs in. Can you tell me how good that type of ladder is?
What would you do if you had to travel diagonally. And need to hang a chandelier from the new junction box?
I think I need a regular hole saw ... I like the idea of the Milwaukee drywall hole cutter but my ceilings are all 3/4" hardwood slats, not drywall. I installed one fixture hole using a jigsaw but it was fairly miserable.
I could definitely be wrong about this, but my understanding is that to be code compliant with the NEC, you need to constrain the cable every 54 inches and within 8 inches of the termination. You would use the staple looking things. I think that is what makes it difficult to avoid doing drywall.
If i am right, what he did was not to code. Hope i am wrong.
Normally you would be correct. However, NEC 334.30(B)(1) provides an exception to the usual cable support requirements when fishing cable through inaccessible spaces of finished buildings.
If can be done. Nobody bring the ceiling down to be compliant with codes. That it can be done on rough in framing, plumbing,wiring
How did you get the box out from the existing light where you made the junction location? I saw you drill the hole for the new one and then when you went to pull the wire both holes were wide open. Did you go up in the attic space?
4:00 he had attic access to that one light he's connecting from.
How much would u charge to add lights like this. Just wondering what a propper estimate would be 4-6-8 can lights
I was under the impression the floor joists were perpendicular to the direction you wanted to pull the wire. How did your fish tape pass the multiple joists between your two holes? Is there a gap between the sheet rock ceiling and the joists?
He chose a different existing light where the joists were parallel to the destination, did you watch the video?
I had to change the original plan since the floor joists ended up running perpendicular. This link will take you to the part in the video that shows the change in plans czcams.com/video/1PMXj090zHc/video.html
@@MrFitness94 I watched it and missed it too (just posted almost the exact same question). It happens.
Conveniently attic access magically appears
Try 4' LED shop lights. Two lite up my garage like daylight.
I agree with this.
Have you ever dealt with replacing a garage door? Why did you not put up LED lights like a florin-cant light. Braun 5,000 or 10.000 Lumen 4ft shop lights like found in Harbor Freight? Good Video.
How hard is it to do this in a mobile home ?
Why wasn't the ground neccesary for the new light?
Alternate plans may not always work, but you got really lucky here with that one fixture close to that far garage door. FYI: Can you fix the title typo? Celing vs Ceiling
Thanks for the heads up Lee 👍
Is there a reason or rule that doesn't allow me to simply run power over to a light and simply mount the light on the ceiling? I could just hide the wire....
You wouldnt have to staple the wire to the joist?
No, in remodel work you are permitted to just lay cables in cavities without securing it other than at the junction boxes, at least in most of the US.
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If this was inside of the house I could see doing it this way but this is a garage. No one cares about aesthetics. Far easier to run mc cable along the ceiling over the drywall and add true shop lights so that you have some real lighting.
Why don’t install led pancake lights? Great video though
For sure, some light in each of those corners but there are a few options for more lumens at each fixture. These type work well for garages amzn.to/42QdiDu
Couldn’t you just have converted the single bulb fixture to a three or four foot fluorescent fixture with maybe 2 bulbs in each one?
For sure that would have helped but also wanted some light down in the corners for this garage.
Seems like the exposed hot and neutral screws on the back of that porcelain light fixture would be at risk of contacting the ground in the box. Not a very good design.
Agreed, I don't love the exposed terminals exposed on the backside. Careful where the ground wire is in the box 😬
That's a good reason to fold the ground wire into the box first, so the insulated wires can help keep it away from the fixture.
Too bad romex is illegal in my area. Everything must be in EMT conduit.
Chicago?
@@EverydayHomeRepairs One of the surrounding counties. Unfortunately most, if not all, of the nearby municipalities piggyback off of Chicago's codes.
Not good, small changes would cost a ton if hiring out.
This looks like way too much work. Just get some of those LED light strips that are intended for garage/shop use. I believe you can get gang-able ones for even more light (or reach) if needed.
I claim this thread in the name of the Supreme one! Ainz Ooal Gown!
Humongous property. One third of the world population has no outhouse. Big changes are coming, long term to our standing of living.
Unfortunately, by design.
Lol Rolex, chicago, IL banned it
Are you serious? I cant get power from this light because the joists are in the way... so i'll get power from another light? DUH!
You would have drilled through the Joists? Seems like a much tougher route.
@@EverydayHomeRepairs No, i'm saying your video is clickbait. You were trying to duplicate your previous video where you tried something similar in the bedroom and you went down to the floor and behind the baseboard and got like 8mil views.
Of course the easiest solution is what you did in the video, but you framed it like you were going to go through the joists somehow without drilling or any access from above.
Cheated
Very hard to hear you talk in this video. You Tubes Window is as loud as it will go and my P.C. is as loud as it will go and you're very difficult to hear. Even in headphones. And I have Sony professional studio quality headphones. Not cheap ear phones.
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Lost me when you started talking about Solar . Biggest joke of the century .