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Installing a ceiling fan can be tricky - that's where our electricians come in. Call us anytime for help with your ceiling fan needs or learn more below:
If you have no access from above, you'll have to cut a hole in the ceiling and the wall. Cut a hole for a ceiling box in the center of the room. If the joists run parallel to the wall with the switch, use a stud sensor to follow the joists on each side of the hole to the wall. Cut adjoining rectangular holes in the ceiling and upper wall, large enough to reach the cable. Use a keyhole saw, chisel or reciprocating saw to cut a hole.
Run a fish tape through the ceiling cavity to the cutout at the junction of the wall and ceiling; if the run is long, use two fish tapes. Fish cable to the baseboard cutout, then to the switch. Install a protective metal plate at the top of the wall, and patch the holes.
If the path to the switch runs perpendicular to the joists, you will have to cut holes along the ceiling and notch the joists. To avoid cutting and patching all those holes, it may make sense to run the cable parallel to the joists to another wall, then down behind the baseboard and over to the switch wall.
If you have an existing ceiling fixture that is controlled by a pull chain, you can wire it to a switch in the wall by running a single cable from the ceiling fixture to a box in the wall. If you need help with this process, give us a call! We look forward to hearing from you!
If you have no access from above, you'll have to cut a hole in the ceiling and the wall. Cut a hole for a ceiling box in the center of the room. If the joists run parallel to the wall with the switch, use a stud sensor to follow the joists on each side of the hole to the wall. Cut adjoining rectangular holes in the ceiling and upper wall, large enough to reach the cable. Use a keyhole saw, chisel or reciprocating saw to cut a hole.
Run a fish tape through the ceiling cavity to the cutout at the junction of the wall and ceiling; if the run is long, use two fish tapes. Fish cable to the baseboard cutout, then to the switch. Install a protective metal plate at the top of the wall, and patch the holes.
If the path to the switch runs perpendicular to the joists, you will have to cut holes along the ceiling and notch the joists. To avoid cutting and patching all those holes, it may make sense to run the cable parallel to the joists to another wall, then down behind the baseboard and over to the switch wall.
If you have an existing ceiling fixture that is controlled by a pull chain, you can wire it to a switch in the wall by running a single cable from the ceiling fixture to a box in the wall. If you need help with this process, give us a call! We look forward to hearing from you!