Hanging A Ceiling Fan In A Drop Ceiling

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Hanging a ceiling fan in a drop ceiling. And 2 ft by 4 ft. The length of your downrod depends on the height of your ceiling. There should be one bracket on each corner of the fan.

Twist the wires tight and cut the excess off. Rotate the square tube with your hand until the teeth are firmly locked into the joist. Let the fan slide into the hole in the ceiling tile until the bottom of the fan is flush with the bottom of the suspended ceiling.

The square tube of the brace should be centered with the hole. Slip a ceiling fan extension tube through the hole and fish through the wiring that will run through the tube to the fan. For safety reasons a ceiling fan should always hang at least 7 above the floor.

Use wire nuts to attach the fan s black or colored wire and white wire to matching wires in the ceiling box. As long as you cut small holes into the wooden ceiling joists you can use the chain provided in the kit to successfully hold up your fan. Includes a heavy duty 15 5 cubic inch dual mount electrical box 15 ft.

If the wiring has a green ground wire attach it to the green or bare wire in the box. Screw the tube into the fan base and mount the ceiling tile back in place. Ceiling tile grid work.

The most common method used to find the right downrod length is to take the ceiling height subtract the height of the ceiling fan most fans are between 12 and 18 inches in height depending on the fan and then subtract the desired hanging height usually eight feet. Use your xacto knife to cut a hole in a suspended ceiling tile corresponding to the measurement you ve just taken. Also for maximum air flow there should be at least 10 inches of air space between the blades and the ceiling.