I got an email with this picture of a ceiling fan and a note that described how it was hanging by one screw and wobbling over a child’s bed. What a way to get me to show up quickly. I went over and removed the ceiling fan.

The fan was quite heavy, made completely of metal. What caused it wobble and the mounting screws to unscrew was that the contractor who put in the fan use an electrical box normally used to mount small ceiling lights, NOT a heavy ceiling fan.

This is what was used to hang the fan, and is not nearly strong enough to bear the weight of such a heavy item.

Ceiling fans need to be installed using special mounting hardware, or they can fall out of the ceiling. This project will involve cutting open the ceiling, installing the correct mounting hardware, and then repairing the ceiling, and repainting the whole ceiling to cover the repair.