Well God Bless you Scott and best of luck. You're a man after my own heart because when I did something similar a buddy suggested the "outside-the-wall" wiring and I rejected that idea myself. My project was not nearly so challenging because I was adding a completely new ceiling fixture in a bedroom that had the (very) open attic just above it. And the switch was on a wall where the back of the wall was in the closet so I could cut a 4" hole (via hole saw) from the closet side and no ugly results in the main bedroom. ---*---*---*---*---*---*--- 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a ceiling fan-the tricky part
Hey Bill, yep, got the switch that actually controls a light that is on the wall of all crazy things. Not sure why the previous owner did this, but really does nothing for providing light and well I have the extra fan and light kit. I thought about the external wiring deal, but that didn't go over very well and yes, you are correct in that there is a floor above this room. One thing that hit me as I retired for the day is that there is a main duct that runs perpendicular to the joists and it is very possible I can fish down to the duct and come up to where I need the box to be located. So not hopeless, but challenging. Once it is all done, it will have been worth it. On Aug 7, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Bill Gallik wrote: > 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
