Another thought. When you fit in a piece of drywall, it's important to have that as flush with the underlying ceiling surface as you can, and fill in the cracks with dry wal compound. Ridges and cracks can show through the patching stuff you spray on, even though it is thick and globby. Blessings, Tom
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] installing a ceiling fan-the tricky part Thanks Tom, the patching will begin soon and certainly was the easiest in the end. On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Tom Vos wrote: > Scott, > Occasionally I've been able to fish wires through from opposite > directions, > with hooks on the end and hook them together and pull one all the way > through. > But in your application, I think I'd make a hole in the ceiling > above the > switch and do a patch job later. > But if the remote control would work in your application, that > sounds like a > possibility -- it you can get power up there some other way. > Blessings, > Tom > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
