We have a situation for which we need some help really bad.
During construction, for ceiling fans we had ceiling fan boxes
installed. After sheetrocking, we installed ceiling medallions where
the fans will be mounted with a center hole. The ceiling medallions,
are about 3" thick in the center where the hole is. Now we are trying to
install the fans and they come with a ceiling plate which is supposed to
be mounted on to the fan box in the ceiling and the fan canopy attaches to the fan's ceiling plate. The electrical contractor says that we cannot install
regular extension box to extend the fan box to clear the 3" ceiling medallion so we can mount the fan's ceiling plate. Also it may not pass the code he says. The right way it should have been done is not install medallion till the fan is installed with a downrod 3" long and then install the medallion which comes in 2 halves. But it is too late now and it will be impossible to remove the medallions without destroying them totally.
So we to find a way to extend the fan boxes. We want help from experts here if you know of any way to extend the fan boxes. Is there a fan box extension box available ?
During construction, for ceiling fans we had ceiling fan boxes
installed. After sheetrocking, we installed ceiling medallions where
the fans will be mounted with a center hole. The ceiling medallions,
are about 3" thick in the center where the hole is. Now we are trying to
install the fans and they come with a ceiling plate which is supposed to
be mounted on to the fan box in the ceiling and the fan canopy attaches to the fan's ceiling plate. The electrical contractor says that we cannot install
regular extension box to extend the fan box to clear the 3" ceiling medallion so we can mount the fan's ceiling plate. Also it may not pass the code he says. The right way it should have been done is not install medallion till the fan is installed with a downrod 3" long and then install the medallion which comes in 2 halves. But it is too late now and it will be impossible to remove the medallions without destroying them totally.
So we to find a way to extend the fan boxes. We want help from experts here if you know of any way to extend the fan boxes. Is there a fan box extension box available ?