Ceiling fan installation across Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia
A wobbling fan is almost always a fan hung on a plain light box, and that is the call we get after a bargain install. We check the box first. If it is not rated for a fan, the electrician swaps in a brace box that grips the joists. Then the fan goes up and gets balanced before we leave.
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How the job goes
The handyman assembles the fan on the floor, takes the old fixture down for disposal and finishes the ceiling if the box swap left a mark. The electrician mounts the box and makes the connections. One visit for most rooms, and two or three fans in a day when the house has several.
Jobs we take
- Fan in place of an existing light fixture
- Like for like fan swap
- Fan brace box installed where the old box is not fan rated
- Fan with a light kit and a remote or wall control
- Outdoor rated fan on a porch or screened room
- Old fixture or fan taken down and hauled
Who installs a ceiling fan in Maryland
The wire connections on a ceiling fan are electrical services under section 6-101(k), so in Maryland they belong to a licensed master electrician or someone working under one. That holds for a swap where a fan already hangs. The box also has to be listed for fan support, and most light boxes are not.
The handyman side of the job is assembling the fan, taking the old fixture down, lifting on the install and patching the ceiling. On our jobs the electrician handles the box and the wires and the handyman does the rest. Where there was no fixture at all, a new switch leg or circuit is a permit job and the estimate says so.
In Maryland, any work on wiring, a fixture or an electrical connection is electrical services under section 6-101(k) and belongs to a licensed master electrician or someone working under one. An MHIC license alone does not cover it.
The Maryland rule in full, with the statute sections, is on the Old Line Home Repair license page.
What it costs
A ceiling fan install is priced as the electrician visit, with the brace box on the materials line when the old box is not fan rated, and the fan either supplied by you or added at cost. We have not billed one on the public list yet, so the finished install and fixture jobs we have billed are below for scale. Several fans in one house on one visit cost less each than one fan per visit.
What moves the price is on the ceiling fan installation cost page.
Every job is done by a contractor licensed with the Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC). The license number is on your estimate.