Typical Ceiling Fan installation with a remote control.
While ceiling fans are generally simple to install, they can be more challenging than most ceiling lights. If your gifts are not with tools, and you’re a busy working professional, your time is much more well spent doing what you do best, and let Psalm 23 Handyman in Greenville, SC take care of the rest.
Some challenges to mounting the Ceiling Fan
Buying a DIY home can lead to surprises and make your ceiling fan installation more challenging. If the house is older, it may contain knob and tube wiring in the ceiling, and the electrical box could be inadequate to support the weight and movement of a ceiling fan. Your location and the age of your home influence the likelihood of encountering these challenges.
How do you tell if your electrical box is suitable for a ceiling fan?
If you are replacing an existing ceiling fan, everything you need is usually in the ceiling electrical box…including proper wiring with a fan-rated box. If you are replacing a light fixture, verify if the electrical box is rated for a ceiling fan. Many homes built today have provisions for ceiling fans. Construction contractors know homeowners like ceiling fans and may choose to replace the existing light with a ceiling fan. It’s an industry standard for construction contractors to make provisions for such upgrades, but not always. So, you need to check the box. You don’t want your ceiling fan to fall with a surprise thud because the box was not rated to hold the weight.
Tricks to proper mounting
There are many little tricks to putting a ceiling fan up that make the job much easier. Many of these little tricks are not found in the instructions. So, a professional who knows how to install a ceiling fan can make the job go smoothly. Here is a link showing a proper ceiling fan installation.
Ceiling fan packaging and contents
It is best if the customer picks out their own ceiling fan. There are a few basic facts you will need to know when you go shopping. Here is another article to get you started.
If you are too busy to shop, your installer can pick one up if you give him some general preference guidelines (which you can learn if you are handy with online shopping). The package may be missing parts, like a remote control. Check the box’s contents before leaving the store. If you are uncomfortable with that, ask the store manager to check it. If you bring a ceiling fan package home that is missing parts, you could end up with an expensive bill from your installer if he cannot install the item.
Missing Remote Control?
Remotes have two parts…the sender and the receiver. If the sender is missing, fortunately, some senders are made to be tuned or trained to any receiver. In that case, if a sender is missing, the installation can still happen. The customer will simply have to go to the retailer and request a replacement sending unit. If a fan blade is missing, it will prevent a complete installation, likewise with most other parts.
GET YOUR CEILING FAN MOUNTED TODAY IN GREENVILLE, SC
The sooner you get your new ceiling fan installed, the sooner you will enjoy the comfort of airflow to cool you off in the summer and distribute heat more evenly in the winter. Ceiling fans also save energy costs. Not only will you increase your home comfort with ceiling fans, but you also will receive a return on your investment. It pays to install ceiling fans!
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