How to remount ceiling fan box with Faux beam, need help

Hi all - I am looking to install a 3-sided Faux beam along the ridge of my living room ceiling. I currently have a ceiling fan mounted through a (dropped-down) flat section of the ceiling and I am struggling a bit as to how to move the fan's electrical box so that I still have access to it in the future without having to remove the faux beam. To do this, I believe the electrical box would need to be dropped down to be inside the open (hollow) area of the faux beam along with some 2x blocking material, but I'm not sure if I can use some kind of box extender to still utilize the existing fan brace secured to the ceiling trusses.

Or perhaps I leave the fan mounted as-is and put some kind of a (removable) faux plug in the beam that could be removed to access the electrical box. I just don't know how well that would look though and it would still be recessed quite a way from the outside of the beam.

Attached are picture of the current arrangement I have, as well as a sample picture of a Faux beam. Looking for any ideas and feedback you have, thanks!

Snoonyb said:

Where it I, and it isn't, I would, because a number go thing can cause a fan to deflect from the stable position of the downrod, drill a 2-1/2" hole in the faux beam and position the escutcheon plate received of flush with the beam, about 1/4", so as to not scare the beam, should the fan adopt a wobble.

You might also attempt to further limit the affect of any wobble by inserting a couple of screws through the downrod upper bracket, into the downrod ball.

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Sorry not quite following the first part of what you said above. Are you suggesting to add blocking to get the necessary height?

For additional references, here is a picture of how the ceiling box/brace is currently installed before sheet rock was installed.

As it is it looks like I would need pretty long screws to attach blocking to the trusses as the fan is centered between them.

kdrymer said:

Sorry not quite following the first part of what you said above. Are you suggesting to add blocking to get the necessary height?

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What height?

You already have a downrod, dropping the fan, it appears to be, over 2'.

Just drill a 2-1/2" hole in the faux beam and position the escutcheon plate releived of flush with the beam, about 1/4", so as to not scape the beam, should the fan adopt a wobble.

For eventual access to the elec., which would be remote, because the elec. already is extended through the downrod, and the downrod to the fan, is pretty universal, so, in my practice, there is a 1X rail that the faux beam attaches too, stop & restart the beam and use a removable insert with the hole drilled there-in.

Snoonyb said:

What height?

You already have a downrod, dropping the fan, it appears to be, over 2'.

Just drill a 2-1/2" hole in the faux beam and position the escutcheon plate releived of flush with the beam, about 1/4", so as to not scape the beam, should the fan adopt a wobble.

For eventual access to the elec., which would be remote, because the elec. already is extended through the downrod, and the downrod to the fan, is pretty universal, so, in my practice, there is a 1X rail that the faux beam attaches too, stop & restart the beam and use a removable insert with the hole drilled there-in.

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Think I'm following ya now. Your saying keep the escutcheon cup concealed within the faux beam and just have an opening for the downrod to go through the faux beam? Or are you saying the escutcheon cup would be moved down to now be flush against the beam so it's visible?

I'm more visual so it's a little hard to imagine this, haha!

Snoonyb said:

Yes, remount the escutcheon plate, relieved of the beam, 1/8 to 1/4", so that it doesn't mar the beam, should the fan develop a wobble.

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And that escutcheon plate can be repositioned easily? It's not attached to the electrical box in the ceiling?