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Can a ceiling fan be installed simply in place of a light fixture?
I showed a handyman who’s good at electrical work a light fixture and asked him to replace it with a fan. At first he said no problem, but later he thought about it and said it would be a much bigger job (has to cut open part of the ceiling around fixture, install additional parts, etc.) Not sure what he was talking about but he wants $100 just for the labor. It’s a brownstone and the fixture has been there for a long time. Wonder if I’m getting ripped off.