How to Change a Light on the Stairs YOURSELF!

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Changing a light fixture in a stairwell is a not easy, but I'll show you how! In this video I'll show you the special method when I was a painter that will get it done safely and easily. Let's go!
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@silkydforlife5333 2 года назад

Jeff is the absolute BEST DIY professor anywhere. He’s brilliant!

@yonnalej 4 года назад

I’ve been looking at precarious looking stair ladders online all weekend... I should have known that the king of DIY would have a better solution. Thank you! 🙌🏻

@gvdlc 4 года назад

Best video ever! I do all my house renovations at home, and I've been trying to figure out how to change all the hideous 70's light fixtures on my 17 ft ceilings since forever. I'm a tiny female and not strong, so this is something I can do myself. Thank you sir!

@felipedorado3828 Год назад

Same!!! Im glade I’m here

@8ailey947 2 года назад

Pure genius! You've saved me from falling off a ladder and wood plank death trap that I had planned. The simplest solutions are always the best

@TravisAustin 6 лет назад

Easily and without question the best DIY instructor in RU-vid.

@DanielVerberne Год назад

How? What about for beginners without any DIY experience who just wanted to find out how to access a stairwell globe? This video leaps into constructing wooden frames and stuff, it's clever and I'm sure it's DIY-boner material, but for those who struggle with DIY like I, it's far in excess of my abilities.

@fka.climate Год назад

@@DanielVerberne I realized that I wrote that comment a while back and your point is valid. I don’t even really agree with the comment I made in fact. I think the guy’s effective in an intermediate standpoint. The Honest Carpenter is a good account for someone just starting out to understand tools and methodologies

@PAlex-us4ov 16 дней назад

This is the best solution to such a situation. In the past I've built a intricate scaffold which was quite OK, however it a) took ages to build b) minimized movement through the stairs, and c) it was a pain pulling it down. Thank you Jeff.

@hookhype Месяц назад

You are friggin AWESOME. Sure with I had you around my house to help me with a few projects.

@PantheraLeoBoston 4 года назад

This is absolutely brilliant! I did it yesterday and it worked just as described. I can't wait to watch your other videos. THANK YOU!

@turkishjoe 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip. I was able to replace the light fixture in my stairwell today. I couldn't figure out how to place a ladder to reach the fixture. You saved me tons of time and money.

@catimarley 3 года назад

I just made one to change a chandelier. Thank you so much !! Worked perfectly

@Dandalion414 Год назад

So I'm a master HVAC technician and a Journeyman Electrician, and I'm that guy that will lean over the rail to exchange those out every now and then, and so far, I've been lucky. But I know my times coming where luck runs out. I tried thinking of a handful of different ways to go about this but this right here, os worth the extra 15 minutes of work. Thank you sir!!

@SuperLittleTyke 20 дней назад

Thing is, I was once young and agile and took risks. But now I'm 78 and the challenge of replacing the LED downlighter bulb right over the stairwell is something I keep putting off.

@tessaposthumus145 7 лет назад

I used this system today; worked like a charm! Very safe and easy to assemble. Thank you for posting. Cheers

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

Awesome Austyn. Thanks for getting back to me.

@mariocataluna8262 3 года назад

Excellent idea! Big brain!👍 An electrician I called, quote me for $1,100.00 to install my chandelier. I saw this video and your stairs has the same layout of ours, I went to Home Depot to purchase the materials to build. Cost me only less than a hundred dollars and it took me to build and install about 8 hours including break time. I just wanted to thank you for posting this video! 😁

@Blazer19742002 4 года назад

Well, that certainly answered the question on how to paint high ceilings. Thanks!!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 4 года назад

Glad to be of service. Cheers Teresa!

@VictoriaNakaraKizer 3 года назад

One man lift, will allow you to paint high ceilings too.

@robinkuklenski 5 лет назад

FREAKING GENIUS!! I love DIY creative outside the box ideas how to do things alone since its rare I'll have immediate help of others when I want to do things around the house or when I do not want to hire someone to do it for me. I'm going to get my scrap wood together right now and made me a platform today to change out a 20' ceiling fixture. OMGosh I'm sooooo excited! :-)

@michaelbaggett254 4 года назад

Great video and fantastic system. Easy to assemble and made the job safe and easy. Thanks for posting!

@davidsiegel9556 3 года назад

This video was extremely helpful! I built a platform following your steps and will have it for years to come!

@namitavashisht950 4 года назад

This is awesome. It saved me a lot of money and gave me satisfaction of installing myself. Thank you very much for posting this video. God bless.

@Jddj56352 2 года назад

I've a learnt so much following your channel and have done major renos myself. you're the best DIY guy I know of.

@rolandmiller569 3 года назад

I've been trying to figure out how I was going to change my stairway light fixture for the last couple months. I finally decided to rent an extension ladder. This is so stupidly simple, yet absolutely genius, I'm just sitting here flabbergasted right now. Thanks for such an elegant solution to an annoying, and potentially dangerous problem! Subscribed!

@guitrarist6987 4 года назад

I've been racking my brains and going crazy on amazon looking for a supposed scaffolding-looking structure to support me while I try to replace my broken ceiling light. Now you've shown me a solution. Thank you very much.

@aaron6581 Месяц назад

@DaveGhidiu and I used your technique to change a chandelier in my foyer about 5 years ago - worked super well and honestly it’s thanks to you that I didn’t die trying to do it with a long ladder or something. Thanks!

@SuperLittleTyke 20 дней назад

This is brilliant! I have a similar problem accessing a ceiling LED downlighter to replace the bulb right over the stairwell.

@theflametable-ub5yd Год назад

This guy is a genius 👏

@matthew60143 6 лет назад

Thanks for putting this video together. Very helpful and to the point. Perfect how-to video.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Thanks Matthew, glad to hear that you enjoyed it! Cheers!

@coins3641 3 года назад

I installed a new chandelier with the help of this video at my new home in Toronto, ON Canada. Electrician was asking $500 CDN did it with $35. This works!! Thank you so much for this video. saved me ton of money. I wanted to share picture but it isn’t allowing me to add one. Thanks again!

@iqelectricservicesquintinn6290 4 года назад

This is going to make today’s job so much easier thanks!

@miladmzamani 5 лет назад

Extremely Helpful!!!! Love the video and the advice.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

Not the most common problem but a very handy solution. Cheers!

@Asleeplesknight 5 лет назад

Love it dude. Thanks for the hack!

@MikeSenese 2 года назад

Bravo. You just saved my neck, literally and figuratively.

@ElsaAndAnnie 3 года назад

You are the best out there. Amazing videos with so many technical ideas. You are thorough and hilarious. Thank you sir.

@VICTORRODRIGUEZ-lg4kw 2 года назад

Man!!!!! Thank youuu for sharing it with us, your brilliant ideas that you have

@BillLambert 3 года назад

Concise and clear, I learned something today. Cheers from a fellow Ottawan!

@goomba478 Год назад

Your genius never ceases to amaze me :).

@alookable 3 года назад

I too have a similar job in hand and was looking for ideas. Great idea, practical and simple. I would however support the two legs against the wall from swaying sidewise.

@ronmiletti8726 3 года назад

dude!!!! you are amazing!!!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 3 года назад

You are!

@dlock 2 года назад

Life saver! Worked like a charm!

@stephanepetrin9059 3 года назад

Done this today to make some joint repairs in the stairs, strong and easy to do, thanks for this trick.

@luiginardone7416 6 месяцев назад

I used this method so I could install recessed lighting over my stairs. I can't believe how strong it was. Awsome idea.

@dmitryspirt2097 Год назад

so easy, thank you for the idea. You're the best!

@JorgeJimenez2020 6 лет назад

Nice, simple, smart and safe! Thanks for the vid. I was thinking of drilling into my wall, this saves from doing that and can bear much higher loads. Thanks!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

So glad you like the idea Jorge, It works great for painting as well.

@mrsbeckydaisy 2 года назад

Awesome idea!! Thanks so much!!

@rl95719 7 лет назад

I'm about to do this. You saved my butt. Thanks.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

Glad to help. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

@medleykatharine6736 5 лет назад

Home RenoVision DIY would a pendant light in a gymnasium sway if struck by a ball ?

@nofaithjusthope8714 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for this most informative how to video. I've had a beautiful lighting fixture for a few years but uneasy on how to get to the cathedral ceiling safely. Entryway light is in split level home this technique you've shown will work perfectly. It'll cost more than $30 though but worth it instead of hospital visit or paying electrician >$100 to do

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Now you have faith and hope,. nothing left but to show the love and you did that with your comment, so appreciate it!

@laticia351 4 года назад

Omg lifesaver; my lights went out in the stairwell I'm super short and clumsy wasn't sure what to do to fix it. This solution is super doable!

@flyboy712 3 года назад

Good video. Just FYI, the light switch being off doesn't guarantee that the power is off to the light. Someone could have accidentally switched the neutral instead, and can really surprise you while your'e up on that ladder.

@PEPPYY22 3 года назад

I am fairly useless and Home RenoVision has still saved me a lot of money, all the videos are well done.

@christophermamian7168 Год назад

Awesome video! Thank you!!

@FunintheSun813 5 лет назад

Great job! Much respect to you!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

Thank you Carlie!

@roberthatcher2773 5 лет назад

Excellent bit of engineering, thanks for the video!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

Cheers Robert!

@Lemoi73 7 лет назад

Genius! Thank you so much for showing the average person how to do this type of thing SAFELY!!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

You are my best Best Client Ever.

@JT-gq8wv 4 года назад

Nicely done. I learned a lot.Thanks! I Subscribed.

@helenescandor672 6 лет назад

A brilliant idea. Thanks a million.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Got a thousand of them. Stay tuned.

@dennisssolea1508 2 года назад

The best. Thank you

@deniseleon1675 2 года назад

perfect , thank you!

@matthewcalder4351 Год назад

Cracking solution to a procaras problem well done👍

@aug.jam.1 4 года назад

Ok, I haven't installed my staircase light for 10 years now being it around 17 feet above the staircase and didn't want to spent big on a special ladder. This will do the trick for me, thanks!!

@behnamtavakolzadeh3502 7 лет назад

thanks man, this is such a useful video. I am going to use what I learned here this week to change an old lighting fixture in my house. :)

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

Awesome, I keep my parts in the shed for whenever it is necessary.

@westrokker 2 года назад

Great video!!

@pete32501 4 года назад

Great solution to a very common problem

@Shetriesitdiy 2 года назад

You are heaven sent.

@AARNI1000 2 года назад

I did it after watching your video.. using same idea to make platform according to my stairs ..I wanted to send you pictures of my project but anyway, Thank you so much for the video.

@AznGlenny07 Год назад

Amazing!

@Bulletcore 7 лет назад

This is such a smart idea. My house does not have a fancy stairway like that, in fact I live in a ranch house so no stairs, buy I will remember this if I ever upgrade. Thank you.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

Share with your friends. It is amazing how many ladder injuries happen every year just because people are willing to take the risk not realizing how dangerous it is.

@michaelrizzello3763 Год назад

How innovative! Our new house will have one of those fixtures above the stairwell (although it will even have an opening to below) and the first thing I thought to myself was "How do you get up there?". This is a lot cheaper than scaffolding and even way more cheaper than a chandelier lift.

@hanDIYdude 2 года назад

Awesome video. Thank you!!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 2 года назад

Glad it helped!

@deeone464 2 года назад

This just helped me big time thanks

@brandonbaez7555 4 года назад

You earned another sub! Awesome video!

@AhJodie 5 лет назад

Thank you, nice video.

@ernestogonzalez17 3 года назад

smart idea sir

@BrynBehrenshausen 6 лет назад

Brilliant. This could come in handy. We’re building a new home and I’ll have a stairway to paint that I’ll use this method for 👍🏼

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

You would be surprised how many horrible paint jobs in stairwells exist.

@ijazmohammed588 2 года назад

This man is a national treasure.

@michellelandvik4009 Год назад

BRILLIANT

@roberthatcher2773 6 лет назад

Great work!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Thanks Robert!

@paulompad4161 3 года назад

GENIUS

@qwaqwa1960 6 лет назад

Great concept, thanks!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Our pleasure.

@stevenng8773 6 лет назад

I have a light in a tricky spot too, but I was going to create a platform by drilling the 2x6's right into my wall until I saw this video. Your solution is way better. Genius!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Thanks Steven, be safe

@rsingh6819 6 лет назад

awesome just what I was looking for

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

glad to help.

@paulgeorge5009 5 лет назад

Thank you *very* much, saved me a lot of coin with a contractor.

@thistooiseds3215 3 года назад

Excellent

@ryandavidson1495 8 дней назад

You are brilliant. Thank you for this great info! Can I use 2x4 instead of 2x6’s?

@ronneishajinkins4570 5 лет назад

Awesome 👏🏾

@mathieugibeau5010 7 лет назад

very helpful thanks

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

Thanks Mathieu, hope this helps with odd situations

@michaelleddy3701 4 года назад

Great channel . I was trying to figure out a way to replace a chandelier without having to rent a scaffold or find a rig that fits the location.

@Brveezy 6 лет назад

This is awesome....Thank you!!!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Thank you for the comment. cheers!

@japan5865 6 лет назад

IT'S very hard work but itis beautiful thanks Mr.Thorman

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Thank you for watching

@thefrannypanny 5 лет назад

You are a genius! Thank YOU!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

I wouldn't go that far but I have been known to be handy on occasion. Cheers. Glad to hear this helped.

@keithr2835 5 лет назад

I've been dreading the day I would have to replace the lightbulb over the stairs in my house. This is such a terrific idea that now I am excited to do it. Thank you so much!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

put in a led bulb so it lasts longer. Cheers!

@keithr2835 5 лет назад

Great idea! Thanks again.

@nLinyu 2 года назад

Thank you.

@annnorth2999 4 года назад

Great Creative Thinking to make a job that seems so out of reach possible! Yes, it is not going to be a quick project, but it sure helps to solve the problem of accessing a high ceiling in an open area on a stairway. Thanks!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 4 года назад

Not everything is easy, but at least you won't have to paint the walls again when you are done.

@oodles86 2 года назад

THAT'S cool!

@paulghilino2906 Год назад

My initial thoughts before seeing your video was find three studs and screw 2x6 horizontally into wall securely. Then run a few planks on top and screw ends into horizontal 2x6. Then have to patch screw holes and paint wall area afterwards. But all areas challenging to reach with this stair configuration.

@haythamal-nazzal9307 6 лет назад

Smart idea, I like itThanks

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 6 лет назад

Thank you for the comment.

@baschbasch555 7 лет назад

very Nice technique

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 7 лет назад

Thanks, just combining structural knowledge with a little ingenuity.

@lyndawallace5233 5 лет назад

Love this! We have a split foyer and didn't know how in the world my husband was going to reach the ceiling to replace a ceiling fan. Problem solved!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

glad to be of some help Lynda. Cheers!

@michelleford9951 4 года назад

I love this soooooooooo smart

@rochellestaffieri3158 5 лет назад

I love your thinking! I have a small similar problem, but my stairs are straight and parallel leading into the downstairs hallway. I have a short wall of my upper floor where I need to fix the problem fixture. could I do something similar to your setup across the stair well?

@HomeRenoVisionDIY 5 лет назад

Hi Rochelle, first this idea is not engineered. I cannot give advice over the internet about your specific idea.

@mulder4528 4 года назад

Awesome

@danellis4437 3 года назад

Jeff, my electrician has suggested using 2x12 boards for the platform and I was wondering if there is extra support required for the frame. The gap is ft. Thanks