So yesterday I went out with the wife to pick out a new ceiling fan and light fixture. When I got back home I shut off the circuit for the bedroom and took down the old ceiling fan which I had planned on replacing with the new fan. (For those who are unaware I am the furthest thing from being a handyman) Armed with my trusty cordless screwdriver I quickly removed the old fan from the ceiling and began assembling the new one.
One hour and several curse words later I finally had the new fan put together and ready to attach to the ceiling. From this point on everything went horribly wrong. After some major effort I managed to put the fan bracket in the outlet box as per the instruction manual, however right at that moment a big chunk of drywall surrounding the outlet decided to break loose and hit me right in the face. Despite being covered in white dust I bravely pressed on, since the base of the fan was a large one I figured it would cover the hole in the ceiling. A little more time passed and I had the base of the fan installed, my wife suggested I pull on the base slightly just to ensure that it was secured properly. Not a bad idea I thought especially since the fan was directly over my side of the bed, anyway I gave the fan a slight tug and the whole base of it along with more drywall and myself all went tumbling to the floor.
Naturally like any other frustrated person I was now screaming obscenties and simulataneously choking on drywall dust. Now if I was smart this should have been the end of the story, I would have called one of my more tool compotent inlaws and asked for help. As it turned out I still had another light fixture, one big enough to cover over the now large hole in my ceiling. I got back up on the stepladder, attached the wires, put in the bulb and made sure that switch was in the off position before turning on the circuit breakers again. As I came back into the bedroom after hitting the breaker I noticed the light was already on even though the switch was clearly in the off position, at that point the smart thing would have been to turn off the breakers again and leave this project alone for a few hours. But I could'nt help myself I turned the switch on and immediately a shower of sparks came out of the light fixture, I turned the switch off but not before the instruction manual on the floor caught on fire.
At that point I said screw it and decided to quit while the house was still standing.
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One hour and several curse words later I finally had the new fan put together and ready to attach to the ceiling. From this point on everything went horribly wrong. After some major effort I managed to put the fan bracket in the outlet box as per the instruction manual, however right at that moment a big chunk of drywall surrounding the outlet decided to break loose and hit me right in the face. Despite being covered in white dust I bravely pressed on, since the base of the fan was a large one I figured it would cover the hole in the ceiling. A little more time passed and I had the base of the fan installed, my wife suggested I pull on the base slightly just to ensure that it was secured properly. Not a bad idea I thought especially since the fan was directly over my side of the bed, anyway I gave the fan a slight tug and the whole base of it along with more drywall and myself all went tumbling to the floor.
Naturally like any other frustrated person I was now screaming obscenties and simulataneously choking on drywall dust. Now if I was smart this should have been the end of the story, I would have called one of my more tool compotent inlaws and asked for help. As it turned out I still had another light fixture, one big enough to cover over the now large hole in my ceiling. I got back up on the stepladder, attached the wires, put in the bulb and made sure that switch was in the off position before turning on the circuit breakers again. As I came back into the bedroom after hitting the breaker I noticed the light was already on even though the switch was clearly in the off position, at that point the smart thing would have been to turn off the breakers again and leave this project alone for a few hours. But I could'nt help myself I turned the switch on and immediately a shower of sparks came out of the light fixture, I turned the switch off but not before the instruction manual on the floor caught on fire.
At that point I said screw it and decided to quit while the house was still standing.
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