Many people find value in undertaking recessed lighting conversion.
Replacing fluorescent light with recessed lighting.
These led marvels install easily and contribute to energy savings which can add up when you consider that most recessed lighting layouts in a home consist of multiple bulbs.
Recessed lighting goes up into the ceiling with the light sitting flush along the ceiling.
Learning how to replace recessed lighting is not difficult with a recessed lighting conversion kit.
A 4 lamp 4 foot fixture can go from what you have now about 7200 lumens in led terms or the equivalent of replacing a fixture that has four brand new fluorescent tubes with four 1800 lumen led tubes to nearly twice as bright about 12 000 lumens with four 3000 lumen led tubes depending on the lumen rating of your led replacement tube.
And after 16 years of living with an ugly fluorescent light box i now have an open ceiling with a pretty little light to replace it hanging in my kitchen.
When the soffit opening is covered you have to paint the ceiling now be ready to layout the recessed lighting as new modern kitchen lighting.
However you may find yourself pausing when it comes time to replace a long tube style fluorescent lamp that is not.
I also painted the trim and ceiling but that s a whole another post.
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This video will take you through the first few steps to safely remove fluorescent lighting to how to replace with incandescent lighting.
Recessed lights can be installed where the fluorescent box was removed and carried on throughout the length of the room.
How to replace fluorescent lighting.
Fluorescent soffit type if your home was built between the 1970 s and the 1990 s you may have a soffit ceiling with a raised portion in the center.
It involves removing the old fixtures installing the recessed lights and repairing any ceiling damage left over from the old light fixtures.
That makes your kitchen ceiling looks like the kitchen in newly built homes.
The second option to replace the old fluorescent light fixture in kitchen soffit is to be framing the soffit opening and cover it with drywall.
Changing a standard incandescent light bulb is of course the simplest of tasks.
This option works well in rooms with low ceilings and it s a common option for a kitchen light box upgrade.