Step 1: Remove broken fixture.

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Essex Home. They're out of business now. Go figure.

Apr 28, 2024, 6:36 PM [ in reply to Wutkindapieceofcraphouseyoulivein?*** ]

I have become quite proficient at replacing interior fixture boxes with replacements from Lowes, etc. But this is the SAME box, but in masonry.

In sheetrock inside, these boxes are usually nailed into stud as they were installed when built. You can buy replacement boxes though that have flanges that you can screw in that lock behind the sheetrock and hold the new box firmly in place. You can't hang a ceiling fan from one, BUT you can hang most standard 3-5lb light fixtures fine. Just pull out the old brittle box (usually easy with some needle nose pliers), then get a hammer and bend the existing anchor nails out of the way, put in the new box and it works fine.

I pulled the old fixture off and kept the other 2 lights on the circuit working by keeping the existing connection, and just covered the hole with some Gorilla tape for now.

In the pic you can see where the fixture fell because the screw hole in the electric box BROKE, because it's brittle and a piece of crap. So the entire blue circular box has to be replaced.

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Put studs up, sheathed the house, put house wrap up, the put the brick facia on with tie anchors.

My guess is, if you broke the plastic box out, you would see the house wrapped aheathing behind the box. At that point, you could just mount the metal box to the sheathing with 3/4 to 1" long, fully threaded screws.

If not, you may could try to drill into the brick at an angle with a hammer drill through the box. Then use a tapcon screw to secure the box to the brick... or, just use masonry glue to glue it to the brick. (Some sort of PL glue you can easily find at Lowes).

Note... i am not a GC... i have added a basemebt to my house, flipped a house, remodeled 2 rentals... and currently remodelling the master bath in one of the rentals.

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I have an old led porch light on back porh that won't

Ive got a spare motion sensor one that Ill give you

I really don't eff with electricity.***

I'm ok with most of it. I do have issues pulling wire and with fuse boxes

Yeah, i put all that behind me.***

I just flip the switch off

That worke fine as long as everything is wired properly. If not, you

Wutkindapieceofcraphouseyoulivein?***

Next door to phitiger.***

Essex Home. They're out of business now. Go figure.

Sell the house!***

Burn it down!***

Why they use plastic for exterior?

Well, yeah. But how does one replace this?

My guess how they built the house.

there are all kinds of boxes

Thanks Neal***

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Thanks. Will yank the old one out and see what it looks like

Re: Thanks. Will yank the old one out and see what it looks like

JB Weld is the teats

there's only one man here worthy of providing a solid answer

Get a longer screw***

You have bigger problems here

Use this instead

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