Home Depot was having a 20% off sale on lighting so we went and bought 2 fans for the bedrooms upstairs.
Here is the old fan in the master bedroom:
And the old fixture in the 2nd bedroom:
We started in the master bedroom and got the fan about half done when we notice it was on an angle. After taking most of it down, we realized the electrical box was installed on an angle and was sticking out about ¼” below the drywall on one side. After a lunch break and phoning a friend we used shims to install the fan bracket level and re-installed all the pieces from there. It worked well except for the fan cover is flush on one side and is ¼” off the ceiling on the other side. We decided we were okay with this as it was not that noticeable with the blades up and it faced the window not the door.
We figured while all the tools were up there we might as well install the 2nd bedroom fan as well. Same problem with the electrical box, but this time we knew how to solve it so it went quicker.
The new fans are a good improvement much quieter and brighter that the previous light fixtures. Only 6 more fixtures to replace in the house (not including the unfinished basement) and we already have a fan for one of them.
And now we know: some problem always comes up and wow, did they do some weird stuff to this house in the past.
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