2008_06_09 lights, fans, posts, dormer ceiling now done, etc

Just a few photos of the lights and ceiling fans. I was going to put some on here of the posts and dormer ceiling, but you can see them in other sections so I'm leaving them out (aren't you relieved?).

The lights over the sink are below. We have now moved them a couple of inches higher, but you get the idea.




The fan in the great room is a 72 inch one. It's very high up (about 12 feet) so it's a good thing that it's that wide. It does a good job of cooling the entire room believe it or not.

The one in our bedroom is a 54 inch. Actually, I think the other 6 in the house are also except for the 72 inch one.

Below is one of the 24 inch fluorescent tube lights that are in all of the closets except for the one in the master bedroom (which has track lights). These lights are mounted inside the closets on the wall above the door so that the bulbs face the stuff in the closet. This is better than having them on the ceiling since not only does it allow the light to reach almost everywhere in the closet and it does NOT ever hit in your eyes since it's above and almost behind you.

The fan/light below is the one in the loft.

2008_03_11 Moving light and fan wires in master bedroom

The wire for the ceiling light and fan was originally too close to the French doors and I asked Steve to move it so that it was eight feet three inches away from them.

The wire was previously in the beam that the beam his hand is on butts into at the end nearest the doors. That was going to put the ceiling fan off-center in relation to the bed, TV, and fireplace.


The wire has to travel under the ceiling by passing through a groove routed in the tops of the beams since there is no attic above since it's the second floor bedroom up there.

Once they got one end snugged up to the tongue and groove and lined up properly they secured it with two 8 inch screws. The beam is really tight even without the screws, but the 4 screws will hold it nicely.

Below Steve is getting ready to check to see that the sides of the newly installed beam are lined up and are perpendicular to the bottom of the beam at the end.

Now it's in the proper place and ready for a ceiling fan!