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Retro-Brace for ceiling fan

8 years ago

Can you install a retro-brace for a ceiling fan over truss plates? I’m using the Raco retro-brace ceiling brace and box kit. I tore out the old brace when I removed the old ceiling fan because it was flimsy and had a broken plastic outlet box that the fan was attached to. The old brace was nailed into the truss plate.

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Ron Natalie
8 years ago
The raco retro brace has the teeth that bite into the joist. If you have a truss plate in the way that will prevent the teeth from embedding, it won't work.

Your options are to cut a hole and nail up a piece of wood where the retro brace would hit, or just cut away enough of the ceiling to put a "new work" style fan box/brace in.
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