With basic electrical knowledge and simple tools you can tackle this diy project.
Ceiling fan on wood beam.
We have a ceiling beam wrap that is 5 5 wide and our fan base is 6 5 wide.
If you have a solid wooden beam running along the ceiling in your room onto which you want to install a ceiling fan take heart.
It is not difficult to learn how to install a ceiling fan on a beam.
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This means somehow mounting the ceiling fan junction box in the center of the beam and attaching the light to it.
So it will hang out past the beam wrap by 0 5 on each side.
It s not an impossible task.
Long dark walnut hand hewn faux wood beam sample.
Step 1 measure the ceiling to floor distance for blade clearance and precautions.
How much overhang if any is acceptable for the fan base to hang past the width of the beam.
The steps are laid out below to teach you the basics.
We had wanted a wider beam wrap but somehow this is what we got.