If you have 20 inch joists, they must be trusses, this is good as it allows
you to snake cable in two directions. You can get a retrofit fan/chandelier
outlet box such as Westinghouse 1100 from electrical supply or HD. with this
box, you just cut a 4 inch round hole in the ceiling and the bar and box
goes up and expands to the joists, but before you install the box, shoot a
wire snake from a knock out of the existing lighting outlet to the new
location. Once you've installed the box and fixture, splice the cables
together in the existing box, and install a flush black plate like
"invisoplate" which is barley noticeable



"newbee" wrote in message
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On Mar 11, 10:32 pm, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:
You got a few variables involved: What's the ceiling made of? Is there
attic
above it? Do you want to eliminate the current ceiling outlet?

"newbee" wrote in message

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In my new Town Home, the builder has provided a hanging light on the
side of the living room. I want to move this to the center of the
room and possibly put a new lighting unit.

How easy is it to move the existing fixture from the other part to the
center. The distance is about 4 feet (between the current fixture and
the center of the room).

Thanks

SR.

There is no attic on top. Its in the middle level with about 20"
joists, so I may have to cut a circular hole for the new fixture. I
want to reuse the existing switch/wiring of the other light fixture,
so, I can probably close it off after I move it to the center.

How easy or hard is it to accomplish this

Thanks

SR.