How To Install A Ceiling Fan Box New Construction

Attach the ceiling plate to the box with two 1 1 2 inch long 10 32 machine screws.

How to install a ceiling fan box new construction. Hold the ceiling plate up to the fan box and pull all of the wires through the hole in its center. If you re going to paint the medallion do it before installing the ceiling plate. Many hand tool manufacturers offer wire cutters and strippers as a combo.

The ceiling plate or fan bracket is the fixture that your fan will be suspended from. Pry out the box s mounting nails and pull the box down from the ceiling. Use the provided screws to tightly secure the ceiling plate in place.

Pliers holds an object firmly in place. Attach the ceiling plate or bracket. Electrical box and a ceiling fan wiring hanger bracket family handyman feed the existing wire through the cable clamp in the top of the new metal ceiling fan junction box slip the box over the saddle screws and tighten the nuts to clamp the box to the shaft with a nut driver or a deep well socket.

Use pliers to tighten set screws and lock nuts during the downrod assembly. Pry the tab and pull the cable out. Mount the ceiling plate hold the fan s metal ceiling plate up to the pancake box and pull the wires through its center hole.

If the box has a cable clamp remove the locknut. Use these tools to install a ceiling fan by cutting and stripping the ceiling fan wires during the downrod assembly. Follow the manufacturer s instructions for balancing a fan that wobbles excessively.

You might simply need to tighten the screws that secure the blades to the blade brackets the blade brackets to the fan motor or the canopy and mounting bracket ceiling plate to the electrical box.