Drill a hole in the centre of the plywood and feed the electrical wires through the hole.
Change ceiling spot light to pendant.
Apply glue to the top of the plywood where it meets the ceiling joists place the 2 by 4s on the glue and the plywood and secure them to the ceiling joists with the 2 inch drywall screws.
If it s just one fitting then you just replace it with your pendant.
Attach the wires from the new fixture with wire nuts to the corresponding wires in the electrical box.
A recessed light sometimes called a can light has both its housing and bulb recessed above the ceiling drywall.
Measure the height from the ceiling that you would like your pendant light to hang.
Climb down from the attic.
Hope you will find it useful and don t forget to earth the metal lamp.
Personally i would always get an electrician to do this.
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Unscrew the screws or nuts holding the fixture base to the ceiling box.
Lower the fixture base and remove the electrical tape or wire nuts from the black hot wire white neutral wire and if present green ground wire.
Hi in this video i m replacing simple plastic pendant light fittings with a proper lamp.
Because this fixture will be over our craft table i chose a height slightly lower than if i was installing it where we would walk underneath.
Sounds like the latter but either way yes you can replace it.