decided to get a new ceiling fan for living room. it turned out to be a bad idea in my 105 y/o house. first, the ceiling box was too small. so i went to the local diy store and was lead to a new box to place, i thought, on top (or bottom if looking up) of the old one. well it didn't work out and by the time i figured that out i had stripped the threads on the old box. GD!! as a result, i had to remove the old which was not that easy as the old box was anchored with #8, 6 penny nails(or just big-ass nails). i ended up rocking it back and forth (and clipping the wire of course-fortunately the power was on and i tripped the circuit. otherwise i
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