Ceiling Fan installation

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com wrote: > How easy is it to install a ceiling fan? Any special tips? Can I do it > by myself? Handy man businesses cost a lot.

If there is already a ceiling fixture, its not too tough. The install instructions should be pretty clear. If you don't understand terms and such, don't assume, ask and don't power things up until you're sure it's right. If you have to add a box and wiring, then you'd better get help.

GG

As another post mentioned, if there's an electrical box already in the ceiling, you can do it yourself. Actually, it's fairly easy, if you're handy with a screwdriver, and can use a wire stripper.

However, since you don't know what you're doing, I'd recommend you invite a friend or relative who's done some home electrical work, to kibbitz and offer free advice while he/she sips from the cold libations you've thoughtfully provided.

If this kind of help is nowhere to be found, there are many do-it-yourself homeowner's repair manuals which go through this. I'd recommend the Readers Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual. It provides a lot of pictures, and I believe it's got two pages specifically on ceiling fan installation.

Good luck Chris

that depends what's above the ceiling, and how easy it is to get a wire from the fan to where you want to put the controller.

remote-control fans have made this last task inessential, and there are fan supports that can be installed through a 4" diameter hole in the ceiling (the hole won't show once the fan is in place)

This sounds like a trick question? "Easy" is a very relative term. As someone else suggested, if you can "easily" get into the ceiling, and there is existing wiring you can use, then yes it is easy. If you are lucky enough to have an existing overhead light which would be replaced by the ceiling fan, then it is also easy. But if you have to run wire, it is going to be a mess.

flank

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