Updates from Norfolk, VA

[mndoss06]

Well I've been moved in to my new house in Norfolk now for about two weeks and I've been busy getting everything settled in it. While the house was in good shape it needed some updating so I've been tackling that. I got all the fans up in the house and the run down of them is below:

Nutone Slimline in the living room. This is the first time I've had the fan on the ceiling and I bought it from a Habitat years ago! The light kit I got new off of Ebay, it was hard to track down one of those!


Moss Tropical Breeze in the master bedroom. This one replaced the Lasko that was in there. I had this in the TV room in my house in NC, I just replaced the light kit with the turtle fitter I had.


Nutone Slimline II's in the two spare bedrooms. I replaced the blades one these with some brand new ones and they definitely look better. The old ones were getting dinged up and some had pieces that had broken off.



I took down the Ritz that was in my kitchen and replaced it with a light. Needless to say everyone who stated that they thought it was a Ritz was correct, I should have even known that! When I took a look at the pull chains again they even said Ritz on them!

[mndoss06]

I also added a switch housing cap four light kit to my wood CEC. I personally think it looks really nice like this. I want to do the same thing to my two Nutones but it's hard to find those kinds of light kits. I've got another one but it's a little rusty/scratched and I'd like to find two that are in relatively nice condition. The one on my CEC was in basically brand new condition, though it didn't have the pull chain when I got it. I took it to the Rockville, MD Dan's Fan City (coincidentally where I got the CEC back in the late 80's!) where the manager added one for me. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to put it. I briefly hung it up in the downstairs living room/office however the ceiling there is far too low for a fan, it's only a 7' ceiling. I really wanted to put that fan there but can't, it's a shame.



I also went to the Norfolk Habitat and picked up this spinner. Is it a Carroway? I was sitting right on the top shelf with another fan partially sitting on top of it. Both were fully assembled. I immediately snatched it up! It looked like it had to have been hung up in a kid's room, there were glow in the dark star stickers all over it the blades and one on the motor that I removed. I got some appliance touch up paint to fix some of the scratches, I still have some work to do with that. Whenever I get it hung up for good I'm going to get new blades for it as well. For the pictures I used the reverse side of the blades that didn't have the stars on them.
They had a pretty nice selection there, I saw a Hunter Original (four blade, white, close mount), Casablanca Four Seasons, some Victorians, some other neat ones including one of these magazine ordered fans: www.vintageceilingfans.com/magazineorderedgeardriveceilingfan.html though it didn't have any blade arms or blades. Though they had a nice selection they didn't care too much for the fans, they were mostly piled on top of each other with the blades and brackets getting all bent out of shape. That's what happened to two of them on my spinner. I really wish they wouldn't do that.

I know the canopy is not attached to the mounting bracket, that's because the outlet box in the ceiling is mounted above the ceiling tile! The screws aren't long enough to reach down for enough clearance to attach the canopy. It doesn't really matter since I put up a light there anyway.

[Rick M.]

That white spinner is a 48" View Fan if I'm not mistaken...the bigger ones are harder to come by, so nice grab for sure.

Looks like you got a nice set-up in your house! My favorite install is probably the PB Slimline on the sloped ceiling.

[Cole S.]

Great installs, everything looks very nice.

That white spinner is indeed a larger View Fan! Less common find, and very cool. Are the bearings noisy at all? If they aren't I'd be surprised lol...

[mndoss06]

The bearings were a little noisy in the View Fan. When I took the Ritz down in my kitchen I put up the View Fan (just the motor) and wired it in to test it. Even without any blades the motor still wobbled a little....

Rick, one of the reasons I wanted to find a house with vaulted ceilings was to put up that Slimline!

[jamiem]

very nice!

[Tais]

love the 4 bladed spinners

[Deleted]

LOVE the Slimline.

I might have some of those switch-housing-cap lights. When I get back in town I can check. What would you pay for them, in good shape?

[Daniel G.]

I love the Slimline installation in the living room! Your's looks to be in better shape than mine is!

[mndoss06]

Thanks as always for the comments! The Slimline runs pretty well on medium and low, I don't put it on high as it starts to wobble and the motor makes a pretty bad noise, probably something up with the bearings.

Dan, I PM'd you in regards to the switch housing cap light kits.

[mndoss06]

Some more "glamour" shots of the Slimline:

[Adam D.]

Just like one of the Slimlines at the Habitat north of me, that was outside..

[David H]

I like the CEC wood fan

[jamiem]

very nice,i like the slimline,also as you said that you took down the ritz,you got plans to use the light kit that came off of it? the stained glass/tiffany shade that was in the kitchen,if you plan on giving it up,i be intersted.

[Rick M.]

Slimline is lookin' great! How's the airflow with it?