Sounds a lot like a wire got compromised

Maybe broken conductor or a nail through it or something. Could also just be that the vibration and movement as you were installing the floor might have loosened a connection somewhere beneath your new floor.

It is definitely in your wiring around that new floor installation. You just got to go find it. I would start in the junction box the light is mounted on. It might be just a wire slipped out of a wirenut enough to not make consistent contact. I'd find it, though. A loose wire can cause arcing and eventually a fire.
[Post edited by hokieone at 02/03/2017 1:06PM]

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Posted: 02/03/2017 at 1:05PM

Electrical Issue: Our laundry room is in the basement of our house -- hoosnowahokie 02/03/2017 10:44AM

Haunted. Get out now. ** -- MikeVT85 02/03/2017 6:11PM

Back-stab switches and outlets...sounds like a wire has worked loose. ** -- Hokie5150 02/03/2017 4:17PM

220, 221, whatever it takes ** -- chumley 02/03/2017 2:14PM

Sounds a lot like a wire got compromised -- hokieone 02/03/2017 1:05PM

Unplug your laundry room and plug it back in. ** -- capitals1 02/03/2017 12:28PM

Do you live in the old Haney Place on Green Acres? ** -- TexasGobbler 02/03/2017 12:25PM

Did they accidentally install a refrigerator bulb? It only turns on when -- Hokie360 02/03/2017 11:51AM

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Is it plugged in? -- HokieDevil 02/03/2017 11:19AM

Have you replaced the bulb? -- JoesterVT 02/03/2017 11:07AM

Does it matter where in the ceiling you press? ** -- typed by ben 02/03/2017 11:04AM

Nope, and when I say light touch. I mean you could use a wet noodle -- hoosnowahokie 02/03/2017 11:05AM

What kind of ceiling? Wallboard? What kind of light? -- typed by ben 02/03/2017 12:35PM

I think I can look at it from the cut out for the HVAC. The subfloor was f -- hoosnowahokie 02/03/2017 1:14PM

If you dance does it light up in rhythm?** -- bigbadbird 02/03/2017 11:11AM

Haha no, once it's on, it's on. Nothing fishy about after turning on. ** -- hoosnowahokie 02/03/2017 11:41AM

Flooring nail through a wire? ** -- ReggieW_601 02/03/2017 11:00AM

Or loosened the fixture wires while hammering -- bigbadbird 02/03/2017 11:01AM

Relatively new bulb. ** -- hoosnowahokie 02/03/2017 11:06AM

Incandescent or LED? or a twisty- I hate the twisty ** -- bigbadbird 02/03/2017 11:09AM

Sounds a lot like a wire got compromised

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