How to remove Bathroom Hollywood Vanity Light fixture?


In this tutorial I’ll show you how to remove a bathroom Hollywood vanity light fixture. It’s a quick and easy guide on how to remove this light fixture.

Tool You Need

Putty Knife
Screw Drivers Set

And this is the New Light Fixture that I installed.

Dap Putty

Video Tutorial

Video Transcript

This is a typical Hollywood vanity light that is almost in every standard bathroom. They are pretty ugly and cheap looking. 

Stick around and I’ll show you how to get rid of it. 

Hey guys welcome to daddicated, my name is Andy and this is part of bathroom remodel series. If you like this type of content hit that subscribe button and lets begin.

Step 1 – Turn off the Electricity

First before you do anything on electrical in your house, go into your garage or wherever your breaker is and cut the power off. 

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Make sure you test the switch and make sure there is no power coming to that light.

Step 2 – Remove light bulbs and metal rings

Next, unscrew all the light bulbs in the fixture.

hollywood light fixture removal instructions

Then there are these metal caps that you can just twist back and forth and they should come off. Take all of them of. 

how to remove hollywood light fixture

Once they are all off you should be able to take off the cover.

Step 3 – Remove the mounting plate

The mounting plate is held by two screws. Take a screwdriver and remove those screws

remove wire nuts on the hollywood light fixture
remove wire nuts on the hollywood light fixture

Remove the wire nuts that are connecting the fixture with your wall wires.

Then pry the backplate off and use a screw driver if necessary. You should be able to lift up the plate and remove it completelty.

Step 5 – Touch Up the wall

Us a putty knife or a blade to scrape of uneven surfaces and fill in the mounting holes with some putty.

touch up after removing hollywood vanity light fixture

Touch up the wall with paint or if you are repainting use new paint before install new fixture. 

Step 6 – Install new light fixture

Then fall the instructions on installation of your new light fixture and you are set.

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Final Thoughts

It’s crazy what a different a simple light fixture can create in a small space like a bathroom. It can be a very inexpensive remodel that you can easily do yourself. If you still need more instructions, feel free to check out my video below:

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