Light Fixture Replacement in Phoenix

What a fixture swap involves

The power goes off at the breaker and gets tested at the box. The old fixture comes down. Behind it is an electrical box with the wires, and the box gets checked: is it solid, is it the right type, and are the wires in good shape. In older Phoenix homes the wire insulation inside the box is sometimes brittle, and that gets dealt with before the new fixture goes up.

The new fixture mounts to the box with a bracket. A heavy chandelier needs a box rated for the weight, the same way a fan does. Then the wires connect, the fixture goes up, and the power comes back on. We bring the bulbs if you want us to.

Recessed lights

Old recessed cans with bulbs can be swapped for LED retrofit kits. The kit screws into the existing socket and clips into the can, so there's no new wiring. They use a fraction of the power, don't heat the ceiling, and last for years.

Adding new recessed lights where there are none means cutting holes, running wire between them and getting power from an existing circuit. Running the wire is the bigger part of that job. If the attic is accessible, it's often doable. If it isn't, the quote says what it takes.

Vanity lights and bathroom fixtures

Bathroom fixtures mount to a box in the wall over the mirror. When a new fixture is wider or narrower than the old one, the old mounting marks and paint line show. We center the new fixture, patch the old holes and touch up the paint, or tell you if the wall needs more than a touch-up.

Outdoor lights

Porch lights, garage lights, coach lights by the front door and landscape fixtures all fail from the same thing: the sun. The plastic lenses yellow, the finish chalks, and the sockets corrode. A new fixture mounts to the same box. It has to be rated for a wet location, and the gap between the fixture and the stucco gets sealed so water doesn't get into the wall. Motion sensor and dusk-to-dawn fixtures go up the same way.

Under-cabinet and closet lighting

Under-cabinet lights make a kitchen counter usable at night. LED strips and puck lights can run off a plug-in transformer with the cord hidden in the cabinet, or be hardwired to a switch. Plug-in is quick and needs no permit. Hardwired means getting power to the switch, and that depends on what's in the wall.

Closets get the same treatment: a battery or plug-in LED where there's no wire, or a fixture swap where there is one. Old closets with a bare bulb on a pull chain often don't meet today's code if the bulb sits close to the shelves, and an LED fixture fixes that.

Problems we fix on this page

• Recessed light flickering
• Recessed light trim falling
• Pendant light needs installing on an existing box
• Want under-cabinet lights
• Under-cabinet lights stopped working
• Kitchen light switch broken
• Want a dimmer on the kitchen lights
• Fluorescent box light buzzing
• Want to replace a fluorescent box light with LEDs
• Closet light not working
• Want a closet light on the existing switch
• Want a motion light in the closet
• Light fixture not working
• Light flickers
• Want a new light fixture
• Want a chandelier hung
• Want pendant lights on existing boxes
• Want LED fixtures throughout
• Want a flush-mount light replaced
• Light fixture hanging loose
• Light fixture buzzes
• Exterior light fixtures yellowed and brittle
• Recessed can light converted to LED
• LED wafer lights installed
• Track lighting loose
• Wall sconce not working
• Flush-mount light hanging crooked
• Chandelier too low or high
• Pendant cord too long
• Vanity light strip replaced
• Fluorescent tube light flickering
• Closet light with pull chain broken
• Is it safe to replace a light fixture myself
• Bulb keeps burning out

How it starts

Send a photo of the old fixture and one of the new one, or a link to it. For a chandelier, tell us the ceiling height. You'll have a fixed price before anyone shows up. We can install a fixture you've already bought. Levi does the work himself.