There’s many sides to a ceiling fan installation. Such as, is there already a fan installed that you want to replace? If there’s no fan currently there, then is there electric running to the location where you want the fan? In other words, is there at least a light fixture there? And failing that we’d have to find a power source, run a wire, and possibly put in a wall switch.
No Electric to the spot where you want the fan.
If there’s no power running the location, we’ll have to do some digging into the ceiling to run the wire. And we’ll then patch the plaster or drywall again.
And if you’re getting a fan that’s controlled by a remote, no wall switch is needed. However, if you want and old-school fan with pull chains, then we’ll have to install a switch as well as a wire.
Already a light fixture where you want the fan
Now, if there’s already a light fixture there we may have to upgrade the electric box. Reason for that is to make sure the fan is securely fastened to the ceiling. If the current electric box is not attached securely, it could wiggle and come loose, or even fall down.
Replacing an existing ceiling fan
Lastly, if there’s already a ceiling fan there we’ll have to make sure, once again, that’s it’s attached securely, so it doesn’t come loose. Time has a way making things come loose.
This picture is of the ceiling fan I just installed today. There had already been a ceiling fan there and I was able to put up the new one without too much modification to the existing box; I just added a couple additional screws.
Price Estimates
The cost of this was $200, and that’s the low end of the scale, and here’s the exact fan I installed today To replace the electric box could the cost could almost double, add maybe another $150 or so. And to run a new wire without a switch there’s going to be some drywall work, which might add another $750 to the cost of the job.
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