Correct me if I am wrong, but it sounds as if you are trying to add a fixture in a ceiling that has a floor for another room above it?
By the way, as for the dust, the vacuum attachment is good but to make things even more palatable to the little lady try laying a plastic tarp under the work area. It won't catch everything, but it does minimize some dust while showing the Mrs. that you are trying your best to eliminate the problem. One option you might consider is to purchase the wiring that is designed to be installed on the outside of the wall/ceiling. It's supposedly quite decorative and will get rid of the problem of your fishing problem. In this particular case, "outside" means where it will show as opposed to being hidden within the wall. As for what you hit, that would concern me. It may have been a nail, but if there are support brackets in your joists that would be of concern since you really have no way of knowing where on the bracket it's been compromised. By the way, is there a box already installed where you intend to place the switches. Also, keep in mind that you might like to have separate switches; one for the fan and one for the lights. This isn't very difficult because you can buy grounded 14-3 Romax where you'll have a white, red and black wire (plus the ground wire) all encased in a nicely round cable-like cable/wire. And if you have only a "single-gang" box you can buy one of those double switches (you can get these in fan/light rotary controls as well). ---*---*---*---*---*---*--- Holland's Person, Bill E-Mail: [email protected] - Anonymous (from my source of goofy stuff) - Eggs and Bacon for Breakfast - An entire day commitment for a chicken. - A Lifetime Commitment for a Pig
