Recent content by iqchicken

Definitely mark them.. heh. There are a number of options available for that: Heat shrinkable labels, wrap around, printed thermal or dot matrix, laser, engraved steel bands, tons more

Does the flat wire look like this ?

well i just bought a simple ceiling box that cost a buck or two.. I'm just going to put the light back up. I cracked the original cieling box with a tough screwdriver and a hammer. Then I just pulled it out of there. The new ceiling box is the standard metal.. whatever it is.. aluminum...

well getting the rivets off with a drill is a simple chore.. i guess i was just hoping I'd missed some kind of simple trick... I had no idea they designed these things to be such a pain in the butt.. I just hope that If i take it out.. i'll be able to put something back up fairly easily

hhahaha... thanks... one of my favorite movies...

uh oh... lol... won't know till it's off eh.. well that's sucks... this house was built so poorley that i'm having to fix all kinds of stuff... i guess it would be cheaper to just move..

Thanks for your help guys. Well it looks like it's either a rivet or a nail going from the top of the box straight up into the ceiling somehow like you said... I can't really tell if it is a rivet or a nail.. now that I think about it... it looks more like a rivet... great.. lol Sadly, there...

I just realized that you probably think I"m talking about just the light "fixture" itself.. what i'm really meaning is that recessed portion of the electrical box that is inside the ceiling... one of the threaded holes broke and so i need to replace the box, but like i said, those nails and...

I could probably get a flat bar in there, but you're right, it would tear up the ceiling. There are only two nails (from what i can see) holding this bloody thing in, but I guess there isn't really a trick to save the ceiling... they should have used screws or something so that I could get it...

Hey guys, I'm obviously new to the forum, and I'll tell ya.. i'm extremely new to home improvement too... I'm just trying to replace a simple light fixture.. but I can't seem to get the thing out of the ceiling!! It looks like there are two nails (in the middle of the fixture, two of four...