Jalousie Window Repair
Stuck cranks, loose clips and cracked louvers on the glass windows older Oahu houses still run on.
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handyman work / Honolulu, HI
Light Fixture Installation in Honolulu, HI
We take down the old ceiling or wall light, check what the box behind it can carry, and hang the new one on the same wiring. Houses, condos and rentals across Honolulu and the rest of Oahu.
✓ Box rating checked first
✓ LED fixtures and pendants
✓ Homes and condos islandwide
Why call us
What a fixture swap with us looks like in Honolulu
A light swap looks quick until the canopy comes down. Behind it you might find a box that spins loose in the ceiling, a plain light box under a heavy pendant, or wiring that has been there since the house went up. We look before we promise. And when the job turns out to need a new box in a new spot, a new switch, a new circuit or work at the panel, we say so and point you to an electrician.
- Box weight rating checked before anything goes up
- Same box, same wiring, new fixture
- Heavy pendants supported to the framing
- Several lights done in one visit
- Written quote before the breaker goes off
- A straight answer when it is electrician work
How it goes
From a phone photo to a working light
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Send photos
Text a picture of the old fixture, the new one still in its box, and the ceiling if the room or stairwell runs tall.
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Written quote
We tell you whether it is a straight swap on the existing box or needs a brace first, and put the price in writing.
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Pick a day
Choose a morning that suits you. In a condo we book inside the work hours your building's house rules allow.
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Swap and test
Breaker off, old fixture down, box checked, new strap and fixture up. Then power back on, every bulb tested, canopy wiped clean.
The box rule
How much weight can a ceiling box hold?
A ceiling box at a lighting outlet has to hold at least 50 lb under the electrical code, NEC 314.27(A). A fixture heavier than that needs its own support to the framing, unless the box is marked for the larger weight. Wall boxes follow a different rule: a box on a vertical surface must be marked with what it can carry, unless the fixture is very light. So on a chandelier or a big glass pendant, the deciding part is the box, not the fixture, and we settle it before anything gets lifted.
Oahu houses
What makes a fixture swap harder in an older Honolulu home?
In an older Honolulu home, what makes a fixture swap harder is usually the box and wiring behind the old light, not the new fixture. Census figures in the state's DBEDT Data Book put 67.8 percent of the island's homes in the 1940 to 1989 build years, so plenty of ceilings still hold the box the house came with. Single-wall plantation-style houses have no stud cavity, which means wiring often runs on the surface or through one layer of boards. Condos add their own limits: in urban Honolulu, 48 percent of units sit in buildings of 20 or more units, where house rules set the work hours. We check all three before quoting.
Single-wall houses
Condo house rules
Original ceiling boxes
Windward to leeward
The job list
Small repairs and installs around Honolulu
One visit can cover several items. These six are the ones Honolulu homes ask about most; the full list sits further down the homepage.
Window AC Installation
A window unit set on a proper bracket, sealed at the sides, and draining away from the wall.
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Garbage Disposals
Jammed, humming or leaking disposals cleared, reset or swapped for a new unit under the sink.
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Drywall Repair
Holes, cracks, nail pops and water-stained patches cut out, taped, mudded and blended.
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A fan hung on a box rated to carry it, balanced so it stops wobbling at full speed.
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TV Mounting
A screen mounted into studs or the right concrete anchor, with the cables kept tidy.
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Fixtures, boxes and wiring
Yes. A like-for-like swap on the box that is already there is the core of this job, in condos and houses alike. Check your building's house rules for work hours first; many associations set them, and we book inside them.
Yes. A light in a new spot means a new box and new wiring, and that, like a new switch, a new circuit or anything at the panel, is a job for an electrician.
Up to 50 lb under NEC 314.27(A); anything heavier needs its own support to the framing or a box marked for more.
Often, yes, as long as there is an existing box to mount to. Single-wall houses have no stud cavity, so boxes and wiring tend to sit on the surface or in one layer of boards. We replace the fixture on what is there. If the box has to move, or a second one has to go in, that part goes to an electrician.
Usually, because power here costs more than anywhere else in the country. The U.S. Energy Information Administration put Hawaii's average residential price at 48.00 cents per kWh in July 2026, against a U.S. average of 18.31 cents. An LED fixture draws far less of that power than the incandescent bulbs many older fixtures still take, and it puts out less heat in a room that may have no air conditioning.
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Booking and cost
Usually per fixture when the box and wiring are already in place, and by the hour if something unexpected turns up behind the canopy. A single swap often lands near the visit minimum, so lining up several lights, or a light and a towel bar, spreads that minimum out. You get the number in writing before we start, and the handyman pricing page explains how we charge.
Yes, pick it out first and we install the fixture you chose.
Yes, and that is the cheapest way to do it, because the visit minimum is only paid once.