Can anyone here recommend a good old work style fan box. I have got several fans to install in vaulted ceilings(5/8 drywall) that I don't have access from above. I can fish the cable to the box with glow sticks but can't physically get up there to mount from attic space. Years ago I recall using a product that was very poorly designed, I don't remember the brand but would know it if I saw it. Thanks.
Fan rated old work box
- Thread starter nizak
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
Arlington makes them.
K8MHZ
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Arlington makes them.
Two thumbs up! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Arlington makes them.
I have a couple of those installed in my own home. They work well and in the past I have even been able to shorten the cross bar for joists that were closer together than normal.
masterinbama
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- Huntsville Alabama
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
I have done that also. Not sure what brand it was but I did have to cut about 4 inches since the joist were 12" on center instead of 16. It worked
jumper
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Dennis nailed it, best product I know of. There are others with a screw instead of the claw design, but the screw bends as it goes into old hard wood.
glene77is
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Jumper and the guys have it right-on.
And, as Jumper says, the spikes work best.
I have put my whole body weight on one just for a test. It held.
The stand-offs can be trimmed, and the bar shortened as needed.
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