I'm doing a remodel in a bathroom where I am overlaying the existing ceiling with a new layer of drywall. I have ceiling mounted light fixtures now that I will be abandoning. Do I need to get into the ceiling and remove the wires back to the next box or can I wire off and cover the box in place.

Hi! I'm connecting a Hampton Bay "Nassau" ceiling fan to a surface-mounted (not recessed) electrical box outside in the backyard arbor. The standard 4" electrical box is mounted to the bottom of a thick joist with the wires running through the joist itself. However, the canopy sems to have a...

I need to remove a plastic ceiling junction box and replace it with a metal one in order to install a new ceiling fan. I cannot get the old box out! I do not see any nails or bolts attaching it to the joists. I've tried pushing it up, one side moves, the other side does not, HELP please. Thanks

My electrical box in my cathedral ceiling is closer to the wall as I have track lighting(6 feet).I would like to move the box to the middle of my room so I can hang a ceiling fan above my bed.Is this difficult?

Hi, I'm trying to install a ceiling fan. The present ceiling box (if you can even call it a box) is an very old-style cylindrical black hunk of metal with four holes for the wires and a hole in the center through which there is a 3/8" threaded metal rod which supports the "box". Obviously this...