A few weeks ago, the ceiling in our downstairs family room started leaking. I called various plumbers and talked to one that convinced me that it must be my air conditioner leaking (it's on the roof on this same side of the house). I had seen water running off the roof on several occasions so that made sense. So, I had the A/C guy come out. The line was blocked and a piece was broken to keep it from draining properly. I figured even if that wasn't the source of the leak, that needed to be fixed anyway.
But sadly, the next day the ceiling was leaking again. It being Saturday I really feared absorbent plumbing fees for a weekend. Fortunately I found a company that charges the same fee any day of the week (half the cost of the other guys). So, I had him come out. He cut a hole in the ceiling (see pic) 
and determined the leak wasn't coming from there. There's a shower just above where this leak is. Since it wasn't in the ceiling, he had to check behind the shower wall cutting into the drywall of an upstairs bedroom. Four test holes and $300 later, the leak was found and repaired. To prevent mold growth, he told me to spray ammonia in the openings twice a day for two days and let it air out for at least a week. That has worked.
and determined the leak wasn't coming from there. There's a shower just above where this leak is. Since it wasn't in the ceiling, he had to check behind the shower wall cutting into the drywall of an upstairs bedroom. Four test holes and $300 later, the leak was found and repaired. To prevent mold growth, he told me to spray ammonia in the openings twice a day for two days and let it air out for at least a week. That has worked.With the hole already cut in the ceiling downstairs, I told Ammon I wanted to put a ceiling fan in the family room before he closed up the hole. There wasn't previously a ceiling fan or light fixture there, so I wired and installed a ceiling fan. That was no easy feat. Thankfully I had already practiced in the living and dining rooms where I changed out 3 fixtures. I just had never run bare wire before. But look, it works!
If you look behind the fan, you can see the hole in the ceiling that I used as an access hole to pull the wire. Pretty handy actually.
I opened up the switchbox in the wall and put in 2 switches instead of the one that was there before that runs a spotlight over our fireplace.
Here I am putting the finishing touches on this project.
This has been good practice so that I can now run ceiling fans in the upstairs bedrooms. That's my next project. Wish me luck!
3 comments:
Wow, Melanie, I am so impressed!
You are crazy! :) Great job! It looks so nice!
Are you serious you can do this yourself? We want to do the same thing in our house--put in ceiling fans and add 2 switches where there is only one. Our realtor (also a house flipper) told us it was too complicated for us to do and said we needed an electrician! I am definitely calling you when we get to that project and having you walk me through it!! Save us some $$!!
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