Do you have room that may utilize a ceiling fan Installing a ceiling fan by yourself is relatively easy, if you are purely replacing a light fixture that is already in the correct location. Virtually all of the cabling you need is already available so the only thing is to exchange the existing workbox with one that is developed for the weight of a ceiling fan. If you dont change the established workbox to something that can manage the weight could mean disaster. Just before you do anything, read the manuals for your fan very cautiously and make sure that you have the necessary tools.

If you plan to setup the fan on a cathedral type ceiling, you might need to have parts to extend the fan lower. Whenever you have everything ready to go, the foremost thing you must do is make sure that the breaker is off so no power goes to the light fixture. Anytime you take out the light fixture, check to see if the current workbox can hold the increased weight. Usually they aren't made for a ceiling fan, so you will want to add further support. This can be done rather quickly if you have access to the attic, and are able to get to the location of the new fan woodworking plans.

To extra support, you nail a 2x4 inside the ceiling rafters where it touches the top of the workbox. Make sure that the 2x4 is attached and then screw on the box to the wood. If you do it correctly, the fan should be effectively supported by the 2x4. If you do not have gain access to to the attic, you will definately have to deploy metal cross bracing via the hole in your ceiling. This is more difficult to do, and perhaps not as secure in the end, but will probably have to do with no attic entry.

After you have placed the fan together in line with the instructions, you are ready to deploy the fan to your light fixture woodworking plans. The hard part is keeping the fan, while joining the wiring. Relying on the fan, many come with a holding frame, and others have a bracket with a J hook that lets you hang the motor housing. Most of fans employ a chain to operate the speed of the fan while the wall switch turns the device on or off. If you want a light kit along with your fan, they can be controlled by either chain or wall switch.

The next task is to go by the wiring instructions which are as basic as hooking up two white wires, two black wires and two ground wires. And once you have finished the wiring, all you need to do now is attach the blades. After you connect the blades, the only thing left is to flip the breaker back on to notice if you did it right.