Replacing track lighting with a different fixture requires disassembling of the channel track pieces.
Removing track lighting from ceiling.
Then remove the screws that attach the track to the ceiling.
A track that screws into your ceiling and provides power for a series of independent lights that are suspended from it.
Depending on the type of track lighting you have it may be necessary to take the light off the track before removing the light bulb.
In general if you can simply unscrew the light bulb out of the front of the fixture then you don t need to take it down.
Track lighting is very much what it sounds like.
Track lighting uses several pieces of pre wired channel tracks that lock together and attach to the ceiling.
Next remove the screws that hold the track segments together.
Although track lighting systems differ among manufacturers the fixture mounting tends to be similar.
To remove a track fixture grasp the base and turn it 90 degrees.
Once the old kitchen track lighting came down i discovered a problem.
Patch and paint ceiling.
Take the track fixture with you when you visit a lighting store to find a fixture with the same electrical contact tab configuration.
Not only that but whoever installed the track 30 years ago didn t paint the ceiling underneath.
Remove the track light fixture from the track on the ceiling.