Remove old ceiling light install LOW PROFILE ceiling fan

0:09 >> Hey, what's up DIYers? Mike Boros with the Mike Boros Channel. Thank you for watching. We're talking ceiling lights today. In today's video, the proper and safe way on how to remove one. Long story short, we are going to remove it because it's old. For some odd reason, it's a different color than it was when it was new. Not sure how that happened, but we are going to install a low profile ceiling fan. You'll see why. Let's get started. DIYers, we're making our way to our porch, and this has been an ongoing project. We removed six sliding glass doors and replaced them with three large panes or glass panels, as you see here. And our next project is replacing that. However, if you look all the way above the door, you see a close hanger box, and those extend all the way to the opposite side. So, with that said, we need a low profile ceiling fan as

0:57 well as a fan that basically circulates air in this porch because again, now we do not have windows that open, which is nice because we no longer need rails. Brand new fan has arrived. Let's go and open it. Here it is removed from the Amazon box. We have an additional box to open up. Down below in the comments and description will be several links to low profile ceiling fans in different colors and designs. With the box open, you can find your user manual, and DIYers, we chose the 13-in size, and there are different sizes. Next, directing your attention to our household circuit breaker panel, and we are going to turn off the switch that supplies power to our entire porch. Back to the porch, to the light switch, on and all the way up.

1:44 Nothing. Which is good. And go ahead and turn that switch back off. Coming up to the ceiling light, we've got a large piece of glass that secures into the light base that secures to the ceiling alongside of the base, you should have three little screws. In our case, we only have two. One's missing on the backside. And with one hand supporting the glass, you want to simultaneously unscrew or unthread counterclockwise these little screws. And you want to do it slow and carefully. And once you unscrew those, you can carefully lower that glass. And we did just that. The glass has been removed to a closer view now to the threaded screws. And again, just go slow. Be careful. Don't drop anything. From here, we need

2:29 to remove those bulbs. And again, counterclockwise. Be careful. Do not drop these. Next, coming inside here, we've got two Phillips screws in our case. You might have different screws, flat, or different locations. However, we are going to carefully unscrew these. We are just ever so carefully allow the base to lower. And you can see some wires and wire caps. And we've got black, white, and red. Coming to the side and up, I want to direct our attention to the wiring. And all the white wires are secured into their own respective wire cap. All the

3:16 black wires secured into their own wire cap. Coming up top, we got a red wire and a brown wire. Next, we're going to remove the wiring. And we've got white, neutral, and black, which is live. And we've got the ground up top that's secured in with a green screw. However, ours looks like it's been painted over, but that's okay. We're going to start with the white neutral and counterclockwise until you can separate the wires. There's the cap. Separate those, followed by the live. And the wires, just be careful because this might fall if you're not careful. And we have officially removed the ceiling fan completely. From here, just make sure your neutral and live wire are separated and not making contact with each other. And if all looks good, and

4:01 again your power is off, you can vacuum and clean up this area before you install a brand new fan. Coming down off the ladder, the fan again is fully removed. Directing our attention to our brand new low-profile fan and LED light. Check that out. That is awesome. Down on the comments and description will be links to several options of low-profile designs and fans. And to the installation, we're going to go through all of these steps required. I'm going to ever so carefully turn the fan and unit to the opposite side. And we need to carefully remove this securing plate. We've got four Phillips screws. Just carefully unscrew those. You don't actually have to remove them fully. Just loosen them up so you can turn this base.

4:57 Set that aside, and we've got several wires inside here. Back to the ceiling. Coming in with this bracket, and I'm going to maneuver and position in a way where it's not going to crimp or pinch the wires, and I want to make some pencil marks where my screws will go. And I may need to use drywall anchors. I will see here shortly. Be mindful as you do this. Don't damage anything. And I've got three pencil marks. Dear listener, to a quick update, I am at an advantage, and you likely are as well. And coming into the part right there, that little dowel that has the threaded insert that are secured to the ceiling mount. We are going to just use those as

5:43 opposed to drilling holes and installing drywall anchors. All I'm using is two because I only have two. Now, I can add additional screws on the outer. I also pulled out the ground because we need to use that or secure a ground wire from the ceiling fan to that. Very important again, black live, white neutral, and ground, which is bare. And make sure that the brace or bracket is level, not slanted. Directing attention back to the ceiling fan and to the wires, white neutral, black live, and the bare ground. And in the event that your wiring is different than our setup, you will need to follow the instructions in the manual to connect your wiring accordingly. You

6:30 may need to use this little connection or adapter fitting. Unlikely though. Back up top, we are going to use this S hook. I'm going to come to the backside and insert it in the little hole there and bring the fan up and secure it inside the little hook as well. And I'm just going to allow the fan unit to hang while I secure the wiring. We are going to start with the ground. And I'm going to feed this up and over and in and down. I'm going to undo this. I'm going to press the wires together and connect the wire cap. Don't overtighten these, but you want them snug, obviously.

7:17 That is good. I'm going to press this up and in. From here, I'm going to go back to the black and I'm going to use the original red wire cap. I'll grab that now. And the reason I'm using the red wire cap is because it's live or to code. And although it's the original and it's got paint on it, again, it is going to allow the next person that services this down the road to know that the black is live. And again, don't over tighten it, but you want it snug. Last but not least, the white. I'm going to use a brand new orange wire cap.

8:10 And from here, just make sure all of your wires are secured and not able to come out. Don't tug them too hard. From here, we're going to remove the S hook, align the little slots here that have the grooves in these screw holes, and lock it in place by shifting it. And just go slow. I'm going to remove the S hook, put that in my pocket for the time being, and press the wires up carefully without damaging them. Make sure you are secured all the way around, and if you are, carefully tighten each of the screws. Don't over tighten them.

8:58 Coming down off the ladder, my DIYers, that is the installation process. And if you look up top, I will need to paint and maybe caulk that seam. I'm not going to bore you with that process. However, for presentation purposes, I might paint at an absolute minimum. That looks really awesome. Now it's time to turn the power back on, or flip the switch in the household circuit breaker panel, put batteries in the remote, which are two AAA's, and see this in action. Wow. That looks great. And using the remote to turn on the fan, and you actually can turn off the light.

9:44 There's light off. There's light on and fan off. We can use the dimmer to dim it. Wow, look at that. Awesome. And turn it back on. Up to daylight. And the fan coming on. And it is extremely quiet. That's amazing. I'm going to take it all the way up to speed six, which is the highest. And really feel that air.

10:29 What an upgrade. Viewers, we hope this helps. Thanks again for watching.