Sconce light relocation options?

[Bigblockyeti]

The wall in our master bedroom has two sconce lights on either side of where the headboard would be. They are too low as the bottoms of the lights would need to be ~7" higher to clear the top of the headboard and I need to figure out how I could move them without tearing up the wall. Cutting the headboard down is not an option, moving them farther apart is not an option.

The lights appear to be better quality stuff found in a production built house and they match many other fixtures so replacing with different lights, while isn't out of the question, would be an undesirable option.

What I'm envisioning is some kind of an escutcheon plate that would fully cover the wall box and the area directly behind each fixture but project from the wall only ~3/8" carrying the wires up to the fixture. I can easily make something from wood but in the extremely unlikely event that a fire occurred, I'm sure any insurance company would be quick to deny any claim so that's likely not an option.

Has anyone run into a similar situation and found an acceptable solution?

 

[cybrdyke]

Can you tell if the incoming power is from above or below the current location?
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[driftpin]

Wiremold?

http://www.wiremoldproducts.com/

 

[Bigblockyeti]

The power is coming from a wall switch below that light and presumably run straight across to the left light wired in parallel.

Wiremold might have something if it could be completely hidden by the headboard by all but maybe 1/2" extending above, I would also need a plate to cover the wall junction box the lights are currently mounted to.

 

[mc4life27]

Why do it you just get a remodel round Iight box move the lights straight up the stud cavity and just cut the hole for the remodel box run some romex down to the other light box in with wall use that old light location. As a junction box and put a blank plate and the mount the lights on the new boxes and good to go.


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[yeldogt]

mc4 ... has the simple answer.

You can paint the round trim cover the color of the wall -- or the fixture and make it look like came together.

Or find two "somethings" in your travels and hang them from the light to obscure the cover

 

[Zeke]

Wiremold has a cover for the box that the channel attaches to. Using this method can be undone if the bed gets changed whereas cutting in new boxes and blanking off the original boxes will necessitate a repair to undo.

The bad: the Wiremold will want to enter the fixture from the bottom, not the back and your wires won't be in an enclosure. I'd make a solid metal backing plate to mount on the wall for the fixture to mount to and serve to make an enclosure. There are available mounting plates but most are punched full of holes to facilitate screwing to different box types.

On your original idea, you could have a sheet metal shop make that large cover you mentioned but it won't be UL approved. And it would need some kind of finish that would look like it is supposed to be there.

 

[Bigblockyeti]

The ability to have it undone is probably a good idea at this point, I know a permanent change could be a PITA in the future.