Pool & Spa Lights

Swimming pool lights and spa lights require a light niche, or housing, for the light to sit in. Light niches come in plastic (PVC), or stainless steel. A light niche is used in all pool types – vinyl, fiberglass, concrete and gunite pools. The lighting niche is typically a standard size, but may have different hole patterns for the face plate to attach to. Oftentimes, the number of holes in the face plate will determine what brand name manufacturer light you have.  Located at the rear, or top of the niche is the hub (this is where the cord feeds through). The hub comes in different sizes, 1″ or 3/4″. Conduit attaches to the hub, this is where the cord runs through to the Junction Box.

The structural integrity of plastic or PVC light niches is often compromised by stress related pressure on the conduit that attaches to the back of the light niche. This pressure will eventually cause the light niche to fracture or crack usually in a spider web fashion throughout the light niche. Our studies have concluded that by simply placing an adhesive, epoxy, or a fiberglass coating over the cracks the problem will still persist because the stress on the back of the light niche still exists. We have concluded that the only long term repair method is to replace the light niche with a stainless steel light niche, this is the only long term approach to this particular pool leak scenario with ZERO percent chance of failure.

Replacing a pool light niche is a laborious and time consuming task that requires draining the pool , penetrating through the pool deck above the light to access the work area, cutting and chipping the original light housing in order to remove it then cementing and refitting the new Stainless Steel light housing in its place. there is usually some evidence of the pool light housing being replaced in terms of a 6” ring the will not cosmetically match the pool finish and a concrete square on the deck above the pool light.

Adapter rings can be installed to conceal the work area around the light.Â

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Ace Leak Detection offer our standard Exclusive 5 YEAR WARRANTY on pool light housing replacements.
The price to replace a plastic or PVC pool light housing with a stainless steel light housing is usually around $2,200 unless other extreme circumstances exist that would hinder our efforts.