Recent content by Foozer52

Appreciate your response. It looks like I just need replacement screws now and I should be set. Everything else is really straightforward. Thank you!

After some investigating, this is starting to look like the correct response. I was told the box was wired for ceiling fans when we purchased the home. The screws actually do fit properly in the holes you mentioned and after removing the plastic bracket. The only challenge is that on one of the...

Thanks. Appreciate your responses.

Dang. That's a real shame. Should I just be contacting an electrician at this point? It sounds like for a ceiling fan I may not be able to trust other screws now.

I fully believe you seeing as how much trouble they are giving me, but why else would they have been up there attached to the outlet box? You can see the outline in the paint where they were previously held by little clasps on the outlet box.

You can actually see the white paint that has been removed from the screw and that about a half inch remains before it would be fully set to where the threads stop.

The screws and mounting bracket in question, as well as the max depth I seem to be able to get them screwed in before the head starts stripping.

It gets to a point where a drill started stripping the head of the first one. Then I tried hand tightening the second one on the other side and I couldn't get it to go any tighter with about a 1/2 inch remaining to tighten fully flush.

Thanks for the reply and I apologize if I sound naive, but what else would be at play? They are for sure the screws made for the box, but they don't seem to be able to go any deeper.

I'm in a classic scenario where something that seems simple keeps hitting roadblocks... I'm trying to install a ceiling fan. The home is a new build from 2 years back and already had pre-wiring, the outlet box in the ceiling, and the screws were underneath the cover for it. I attempted to mount...