junction boxes, low profile?

13 years ago

I just recently bought a home built in 1850. I had the electricians in yesterday to replace some lighting. In the kitchen over the countertop and stove was some ugly track lighting. When we removed it and drilled a hole in the ceiling for the junction box for the new lighting the bedroom floor was right there!

A regular sized junction box won't fit so now they are saying I have to have a visible junction box on the wall and run the wires for the lights on the ceiling. HUH? That isn't going to look good.

There is some space between the downstairs ceiling and the upstairs floor but not enough for a traditional junction box. Do they make smaller ones?

Any other ideas?

Susan

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Ron Natalie
13 years ago
Yes. How much depth are we talking about here?.

Frankly, I'd be more concerned about the live load of a bedroom floor that's sitting on less than 3" joists.
elltwo
13 years ago
Think about a soffit to enclose the boxes and wiring. Run it the entire length of any wall you put it on and as roomy as possible (keeping the scale of the room in mind). Use a surface mount fixture if you need something in the middle of the room. Hire a carpenter
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brickeyee
13 years ago
1.25 inches is the shallowest 'standard' box size.
They are 4 in x 4 in square.
btharmy
13 years ago
Are you sure this guy is not just an idiot and hit some blocking, duct or something. There is no way that the ceiling/floor is so shallow that it won't allow a junction box to be installed. It would not be able to support any weight at all. Are the structural members exposed (joists, beams etc) and he is drilling between them into the subfloor above? It doesn't add up.