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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

How to Repair Ceiling Fan That Falling Off

Ceiling Fan
By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Cordless screwdriver
Electrical wire 12 gauge
Ladder 6-feet
Open/box wrench 7/16

Ms. Lue called from a local real estate company in San Bernardino County. She was showing a home and noticed that the fan was wildly moving around the ceiling. Afraid that it might leave the ceiling and fly away into one of her clients, she left an emergency message.

This post show for eight steps to repairing this loose ceiling fan.

Step 1: First turn off the power at the electrical panel. Its not enough to turn it off at the switch, when you come to these type of job. Safety if the most important concern. Fig.1 shows the entire base of the ceiling fan was very loose and dangerous.
Fig.1 Falling off ceiling
Step 2: Once the fan blades stop, set up the 6-foot ladder underneath the ceiling fan.
Step 3: There are two screws on the brass plated ceiling cover, unscrew one at a time, and place the screws on the top part of the ladder. When the second screw is removed, the entire load of the fan will be in your hands.
Step 4: Place the ceiling fan on top of the ladder, if possible. Every fan is different some have extra wiring inside and other are very short.
Step 5: Now look at why the base is listing? This job was solved by tightening both ceiling lag bolt that had become very loose from the ceiling studs. Fig.2 shows a open/box wrench used to tightened the lag bolt. Now the base was completely secured.
Fig.2 Open/Boxed wrench

Step 6: Carefully place the electrical wiring back into the box. Place the brass plate onto onto the ceiling mounting plate. Fig.3 shows the brass plate is completely against the ceiling and is not loose.
Fig.3 Tightened against ceiling
Step 7: Remove the ladder from the room and turn on the electrical panel breaker switch. 
Step 8: Turn on the room light switch and check the ceiling fan to make sure it runs properly. Now Ms. Lue can show the home without any ceiling problems. 

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

How to Repair Leaking Copper Pipe Water Damage in a Ceiling Loft

By Gary Boutin
Fiberglass tape


Supplies and Tools:
Cordless drill and Phillips bit
Ladder 6-feet
Latex primer white
Mini roller frame and mini roller
Mud
Sheetrock 1-5/8 coarse screws
Texture 
Wall tape

A young couple saw my add in the PennySaver in San Bernardino County. Carl and I went and gave an estimate for repairing the ceiling inside a kitchen loft. The copper pipe needed to be repaired, we bid it but the customer had a plumber in his family that repaired the leaky copper pipe. We picked up our supplies and fixed this job together.

This post shows the ten steps to repairing a ceiling leak inside a ceiling loft.

Step 1: Set up the ladder underneath the repair and fig.1 shows the copper had been repaired and the ceiling needs work.
Fig.1 Copper pipe leak

Step 2: There was a light near the ceiling damage, fig.2 show Carl dissembled the lamp to check how close the damage was to the water damage.  
Fig.2 Carl taking lamp apart
Step 3: Fig.3 shows the rough edges of the ceiling being cut straight in preparation for new wall board.
Fig.3 Trimming the edges
Step 4: Fig.4 shows the installation of the ceiling supports being placed on both sides of the ceiling damage to hold the new wall board. 
Step 5: Fig.5 shows below left, Carl is trimming the ceiling wall board piece.
Fig.4 Trimming
Fig.5 New wall piece
Step 6: Fig.6 shows the handyman starting to place the new wall board into the damage ceiling.
Step 7: Fig.7 shows Carl is screwing the wall board into the ceiling supports with sheetrock 1 5/8 coarse screws.
Fig.6 Installing piece
Fig.7 Carl here is using 
sheet rock screws
Step 8: Not shown, mud was applied the ceiling and wall board edges in one smooth coating.
Step 9: Once the mud coating was dried, the area was dry sanded and texture was applied. 
Step 10: The ceiling was coated with one coat of latex white primer, the customer had someone else paint the ceiling. The job being done and now the young couple are out looking for their next flip home. Carl and I learned that some job can be rewarding when two good partners work together in God's glory.


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