How To Install Ceiling Fan Outlet Box
How to install a ceiling electrical box step 1 check building codes.
How to install ceiling fan outlet box. If the room doesn t have an overhead box hire an electrician to install the box and fish the wires through the walls and across the ceiling. How to install a ceiling outlet box stand a stepladder at the area where the box and outlet will be installed. The square tube of the brace should be centered with the hole. Knock out one of the tabs on a wire port at the back of the box with a screwdriver and hammer.
Rotate the square tube with your hand until the teeth are firmly locked into the joist. Feel around to gauge your results. Use a drywall saw to pierce and cut out the shape of the box in the ceiling. Position the nail on box against the side of the joist or rafter with the provided nails.
If you are planning to install a ceiling fan in a room that already has a ceiling outlet wiring a ceiling fan is the same as wiring any ceiling fixture. Move any insulation impeding your access to the joists on either side of the mounting box. Trace the ceiling box with a pencil so that the ceiling box shape is on the ceiling. Step 2 prepare the area.
Step 3 position the box. Step 5 attach the box.