Twist wire caps on.
Removing wall lights safely.
Terminate cables to a chocblock but then you must chop in a backbox and use a blanking plate bit unsightly in the middle of the wall disconnect the leg of the circuit that supplies the lights leaving cables in place with ends terminated this is a last resort.
Covering your wall with floor to ceiling mirror or rather mirror tiles seemed like such a good idea back in the 1960s but a lot has changed in the past half century.
The mounting bracket is a long thin piece of metal that runs across the fixture plate to mount it onto the ceiling.
The ideal approach is to remove all of the wires.
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Remove the light bulb by twisting it by hand in a counterclockwise direction and set it aside.
Pull the fixture off the wall.
If the lights are being removed permanently the wiring to them should be disconnected from the circuit.
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Don t touch these until you have used a voltage.
You will see many exposed wires once the fixture plate is removed.
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Or the previous owners may have buried the wires behind drywall an extremely dangerous practice.
The wall can then be repaired and decorated.
Unscrew the light fixture from the mounting plate attached to the electrical box.
Once all the wires are disconnected at both ends they should be cut back or removed to ensure that reconnection is not possible.
Turn off the power to the fixture at the fuse box.
Remove the thumb nuts that hold the light fixture to the mounting plate.
When you remove or open a wall or a ceiling you may encounter stray electrical wires.
The wires may have lead to an outlet or a light that has been taken out of commission.