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  1. 08-20-2018, 07:07 AM #1
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    Angry Ceiling fans

    are suppose to be easy to install--according to the instructions on the box. NOT TRUE!!!!

    When the step by step instructions leave a couple of steps out it can be a pain in the a$$. Took 4 hours and much discussion between the wife and I to figure out why it would not hang right. It will be the last fan I install. Next one will be hired out.
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    #2 08-20-2018, 07:19 AM
    I usually watch YouTube for a while before tackling home projects - usually helps with poor instruction manuals
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    #3 08-20-2018, 07:21 AM
    Sometimes it's easier to pay for installing and less heartburn
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    #4 08-20-2018, 07:25 AM
    I normally install them myself, but replacing one in our living room now. Had to hire someone to install this one due to 22ft ceilings. I don't have anything to get that high. Worth $150 to have someone else worry with it.
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    #5 08-20-2018, 07:26 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Treker47 View Post
    are suppose to be easy to install--according to the instructions on the box. NOT TRUE!!!!

    When the step by step instructions leave a couple of steps out it can be a pain in the a$$. Took 4 hours and much discussion between the wife and I to figure out why it would not hang right. It will be the last fan I install. Next one will be hired out.
    I sell ceiling fans...what kind of trouble were you having?
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    #6 08-20-2018, 07:27 AM
    You buy it from Ikea ? LoL
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    #7 08-20-2018, 08:07 AM
    I remember the first time I hung my own ceiling fan... not a good memory!

    I replaced 3 a few weeks ago on my screened porch all in about an hour. Now that you know what you're doing, the next one will be much easier
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    #8 08-20-2018, 08:41 AM
    You needed to use more profanity!
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    #9 08-20-2018, 08:55 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by smalljawguy View Post
    I normally install them myself, but replacing one in our living room now. Had to hire someone to install this one due to 22ft ceilings. I don't have anything to get that high. Worth $150 to have someone else worry with it.
    I'm the guy that gets to haul in the 16ft ladder
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    #10 08-20-2018, 09:49 AM
    I find I have less trouble installing Hunter than Harbor Breeze. Quieter and easier to balance. I like their ball and yoke design. One thing I think often gets overlooked on a first time fan installation is whether the electrical box is anchored adequately to the ceiling joists.

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    #11 08-20-2018, 09:50 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Clif Kincaid View Post
    I'm the guy that gets to haul in the 16ft ladder
    Need to get one of those, have two fans 20ft up. Not looking forward to this, hate heights....
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    #12 08-20-2018, 09:58 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Clif Kincaid View Post
    I'm the guy that gets to haul in the 16ft ladder
    I don't think a 16ft ladder would work would it? As someone who hates heights, no way I'd be perched on a 16ft ladder. Scaffolding, yeah, but no way on the ladder. And this is why it's taken me forever to find someone to install it. Very few have the necessary equipment to get up to a fan that high.
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    #13 08-20-2018, 10:31 AM
    Those can be tricky. I have one that is kinda high. I set up 2 saw horses and put my 6' step ladder on top of them so that I can clean it. Wife doesn't like me doing that.
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    #14 08-20-2018, 10:33 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by smalljawguy View Post
    I don't think a 16ft ladder would work would it? As someone who hates heights, no way I'd be perched on a 16ft ladder. Scaffolding, yeah, but no way on the ladder. And this is why it's taken me forever to find someone to install it. Very few have the necessary equipment to get up to a fan that high.
    Hell, I just want to clean the dead bugs out of the glass. But me and heights do not get along, will have to figure something else out.
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    #15 08-20-2018, 10:36 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by bdog7198 View Post
    Need to get one of those, have two fans 20ft up. Not looking forward to this, hate heights....

    better get a 18 or 20 ft ladder then...16 will be too short to be safe
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    #16 08-20-2018, 10:46 AM
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    Hell, I just want to clean the dead bugs out of the glass. But me and heights do not get along, will have to figure something else out.
    Thats why we went with one that has the lights with the downward facing, open globes. Makes it easy to change the bulbs with an extension.
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    #17 08-20-2018, 10:49 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by smalljawguy View Post
    Thats why we went with one that has the lights with the downward facing, open globes. Makes it easy to change the bulbs with an extension.
    These were installed before we bought the place....they did not think ahead on anything.
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    #18 08-20-2018, 11:07 AM
    Hung all 5 in this new house since they were going to charge 500. ea..once you get the hang of it take about 20 min ea..
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    #19 08-20-2018, 11:16 AM
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    #20 08-20-2018, 11:16 AM
    I have installed 6-7 fans over the years. When we extended the house out over the deck I was going to install the fan. My friend
    ( union Electrician ) said " I'll take care of it when i wire and install all the can lights" When he wired everything, he installed a bracket on a joist that i had never seen before. After the ceiling was closed in it took him 15 min. to wire and hang the fan. I havent hung a fan in 20 years, whatever that bracket was made it very simple.
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