With ceiling fans strategically located in rooms of your home where you spend the most time, you can turn the thermostat up to save money without sacrificing comfort. When it comes to installation ...

Q: My new home is prewired for a ceiling fan, which I am finally ready to install. Are there any precautions I should take? A: You’ll be using a ladder, so I hope ...

The summer heat is just around the corner, which means our air conditioners will soon kick into high gear, and with that will come high energy bills. As Consumer Reports explains, choosing the right ...

There’s really no problem in replacing an existing light fixture with a ceiling fan in terms of the electrical needs. But what you really have to be careful of is to make sure the electrical box that ...

Answer: If there is an existing light fixture at the spot you want the fan, you’re in luck. Otherwise, you’ll need to hire an electrician to fish a wire through the attic first. That can be ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...

Electricity flows silently behind walls, mostly invisible until something goes wrong. Most homeowners live their entire lives ...

When summer heat turns up, the least expensive way to cool down your home may be simply turning on a ceiling fan. “Operating a ceiling fan is very economical,” said DuWayne Dunham, energy counselor at ...

Question: I want to add ceiling lighting and a ceiling fan to my living room, but no wiring is up there. I would like to add decorative box beams and run the wiring through them. How can I do this?