cost of recessed light installation

[Anonymous]

Hard to say--are there beams that interfere with the wiring? If so, it's going to cost more. Do you want to include the cost of repainting the ceiling--which you'd have to do because of the flourescent lights?

By the way, its not the cost of the lights that's the big expense here. You're not really saving a lot of $$$s by buying the cans yourself. It's the labor cost.

[Anonymous]

PP is right. We did this exact thing a couple of months ago. They took out the old flourescent light, installed one pendant (a big one but only one) on the existing patch, and installed 4 recessed cans. I didn't provide any materials and the entire thing cost us about $800. Most of that was labor. They had to cut holes, run wiring down to a switch, redo the switch (since I wanted the cans to dim), and patch up some places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP is right. We did this exact thing a couple of months ago. They took out the old flourescent light, installed one pendant (a big one but only one) on the existing patch, and installed 4 recessed cans. I didn't provide any materials and the entire thing cost us about $800. Most of that was labor. They had to cut holes, run wiring down to a switch, redo the switch (since I wanted the cans to dim), and patch up some places.

That's nice they included patching and painting. Most electricians are lazy and don't do that.

[Anonymous]

Consider dimmers! You'll love them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP is right. We did this exact thing a couple of months ago. They took out the old flourescent light, installed one pendant (a big one but only one) on the existing patch, and installed 4 recessed cans. I didn't provide any materials and the entire thing cost us about $800. Most of that was labor. They had to cut holes, run wiring down to a switch, redo the switch (since I wanted the cans to dim), and patch up some places.

That's nice they included patching and painting. Most electricians are lazy and don't do that.

They are electricians, not drywall/plaster specialists. It is not their job. Its an easy DIY. You stop being so lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had it done - six lights and it was $150 a can.

This.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Agree that labor is the main expense, not materials. Yes, def. doing the dimmers! $150-$175 a light seems to be the consensus. Thanks for the responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP is right. We did this exact thing a couple of months ago. They took out the old flourescent light, installed one pendant (a big one but only one) on the existing patch, and installed 4 recessed cans. I didn't provide any materials and the entire thing cost us about $800. Most of that was labor. They had to cut holes, run wiring down to a switch, redo the switch (since I wanted the cans to dim), and patch up some places.

That's nice they included patching and painting. Most electricians are lazy and don't do that.

They are electricians, not drywall/plaster specialists. It is not their job. Its an easy DIY. You stop being so lazy.

I agree with the PP, for 800 i expect more