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Do any ultra quiet ceiling fans that have no motor hum exist?
I am in the market to buy two large ceiling fans to cycle air within and potentially cool my master bedroom. The room is about 16x27 feet, and it gets pretty hot during spring, summer, and early fall. ...
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How can I change light bulbs in a fixture located 20ft above the ground?
We made the unfortunate decision of having a ceiling fan with lights in our two story family room, so the ceiling fan is about 20 feet above our heads. At the moment, all four light bulbs in the unit ...
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How to tell if a ceiling junction box is braced to hold the weight of a ceiling fan?
My new home is almost done being built, and one of the extras I asked for was for two of the rooms to have junction boxes in the ceiling suitable for hanging a ceiling fan in the future.
The light ...
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What could cause ceiling fan lights to flicker on with power and then go out immediately?
I have ceiling light fan. The fan works fine. The light used to work fine. All of a sudden one day the light started acting up. When I turn on the switch, the light flickers on for about a second ...
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How do I refinish a bathroom ceiling after it got moldy and peeled?
I need to refinish the bathroom ceiling in my 35-year-old house. Before I bought the house a few years ago, the bathroom had just had some work done (new wallpaper, probably new lights, and I assume ...