Mounting Ceiling Fan
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:44 pm
Hey all!
Hopefully this is posted in the right spot. I'm a relatively new owner of a 97 doublewide that I was looking to upgrade the ceiling fans in. Upgraded our living room fan without a hitch, but hit a roadblock in one of our bedrooms. 2 of the bedrooms have flush mount fans. Upon taking them down, they were held up with an electrical box that only supports 15 lbs.. The boxes themselves are screwed into the sheetrock, which also has a half inch of plywood above it. Is this normal? My question is, can I upgrade to a heavier duty box and just secure it to the sheetrock and plywood? I located the trusses, but they 're too high up to use the metal bar supports they sell at lowes, etc. The new fan is definitely heavier than the old... Thanks in advance!
Hopefully this is posted in the right spot. I'm a relatively new owner of a 97 doublewide that I was looking to upgrade the ceiling fans in. Upgraded our living room fan without a hitch, but hit a roadblock in one of our bedrooms. 2 of the bedrooms have flush mount fans. Upon taking them down, they were held up with an electrical box that only supports 15 lbs.. The boxes themselves are screwed into the sheetrock, which also has a half inch of plywood above it. Is this normal? My question is, can I upgrade to a heavier duty box and just secure it to the sheetrock and plywood? I located the trusses, but they 're too high up to use the metal bar supports they sell at lowes, etc. The new fan is definitely heavier than the old... Thanks in advance!