Watch this video from this old house to learn how to put in a ceiling fan. Flip off the circuit or remove the fuse for the circuit in the room with the ceiling fan.
How To Install A Ceiling Fan A Step By Step Installation
Install ceiling fan in old house. In this video this old house electrical contractor john barros shows how to swap a light fixture for a ceiling fan. Remove the old electrical box from the ceiling. If its nailed to a joist pry it. Remove box and cut new hole. Remove the existing light fixture. I live in a very old house about 100 years old and i am trying to replace a light fixture with a ceiling fan.
Check whether the. Ceiling fan overview step 1. Make sure electricity to circuit is turned off and carefully remove the glass. This old house 552816 views. How to install a ceiling fan this old house duration. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house.
This old house host kevin oconnor and electrician scott caron head to denver to install a fan on a cathedral ceiling. Add a fan to any room without existing fixture or wiring. Attach new electrical. How to wire a ceiling fan in an older home 1. Connecting old electrical wires to a ceiling fan electrical question 1 i am installing a ceiling fan in an old home where there are three wires in the box how should i connect the wires. Thisoldhouse asktoh subscribe to thi.
1 turn off the electricity to the ceiling light at the main panel. Unscrew the existing light fixture or unmount the old ceiling fan from its the mounting bracket to reveal the.