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Ceiling Fan Installation
Northern Beaches

Last updated 7 October 2026

Summer gets booked out early. We supply and install ceiling fans across the Northern Beaches, indoors and under the alfresco, including DC fans that run almost silently.

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Most ceiling fan jobs on the Northern Beaches are one of three things: swapping a tired fan for a quieter DC one, putting a fan where there is currently only a light, or adding an outdoor rated fan to a patio or alfresco. The first is usually a single visit. The second depends on whether there is something solid in the ceiling to fix to and whether you want the fan and light on separate switches. The third needs a fan actually built for salt air, because an indoor unit put outside near the water will not last. Connery Electrical is licensed, NSW Lic 473086C, fixed price after a free assessment.

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Ceiling Fan Services

Ceiling Fan Supply & Installation

Fans supplied and installed across the Northern Beaches, sized and switched so the room is actually comfortable to sit in.

DC ceiling fans, the quiet ones, supplied and installed
Straight replacements of old or noisy fans into the existing fixing
New fans where there is currently only a light fitting
Outdoor rated fans for patios, alfresco areas and covered decks
Fan and light on separate switches, or a wall control instead of a remote
Ceiling fixing and bracing where the ceiling has nothing solid to hold a fan
Fan, light and heat combination units in bathrooms

Why Choose Us

Why Connery Electrical

Licensed, local, and honest about which fan the room actually needs.

Licensed & Insured

NSW Electrical Contractor Licence 473086C. Every installation is tested and comes with a Certificate of Compliance, and the wiring is done to AS/NZS 3000.

Fixed To Something Solid

A fan moves, so it cannot hang off plasterboard. We check for a batten or joist in the right spot and add bracing where there is not one, which is the step that stops a wobble two summers later.

Rated For Salt Air

Outdoor fans within a few streets of the water corrode at the blade fixings first. We fit units actually rated for coastal exposure rather than an indoor fan under a roof, which is the job people end up paying for twice.

What To Expect

How It Works

Most fan jobs are a single visit. Here is what is involved.

A look at what is up there now, the ceiling height, and what the ceiling has to fix to
A conversation about DC or AC, because the quiet one is not always the one you need
Fixed price before anything starts, covering the fan, the fixing and the install
Bracing added where the ceiling has nothing solid in the right spot
Fan and light split onto separate switches if that is what you want
Balanced, tested and certified, with the old unit taken away

A three-blade timber ceiling fan mounted on a white raked ceiling in a coastal living room

A three-blade DC fan on a raked ceiling. Sized to the room, fixed to something solid, and quiet enough to sleep under.

Connery Electrical fits ceiling fans for homes across the Northern Beaches. Getting a few things done at once is cheaper than separate visits, so it is worth asking about LED lighting, bathroom exhaust fans or general residential work while we are there. Wondering what it costs? Read what changes the price of a ceiling fan job.

Northern Beaches Specifics

What Makes A Beaches Fan Job Different

Two things come up here more than anywhere else, and both of them cost money if they are found after the quote rather than before it.

Salt air eats outdoor fans. An alfresco fan in Frenchs Forest and the same fan in Manly do not have the same life. Within a few streets of the water the blade fixings and the motor housing corrode first, and an indoor fan put under a covered patio can look tired inside two summers. Fans rated for coastal exposure use sealed motors and either stainless, ABS or treated blades, and they cost more for a reason. If your patio is only partly covered rather than fully roofed, the circuit needs to be weatherproof too. This is the single most common thing we get called back to fix on work somebody else did.

Older Beaches ceilings often have nothing to fix to. A light fitting weighs almost nothing and can hang off plasterboard. A fan cannot. It has weight, and it moves while it runs, so it needs a batten or a joist directly above it. Plenty of homes through Manly, Freshwater, Dee Why and Collaroy have a light exactly where you want the fan and nothing solid behind it. Adding bracing is a normal part of the job and not expensive, but it has to be allowed for. A fan screwed into plasterboard will wobble, then rattle, then eventually come loose, and that is the job that gets done twice.

One more worth knowing. If you want the fan and the light on separate switches rather than one switch doing both, that usually needs an extra wire run back to the switch. In a single storey with roof access it is straightforward. In a double storey, or a unit with a concrete slab above, it can be the most expensive part of an otherwise simple job. Worth deciding before the quote rather than after.

Common Questions

Ceiling Fan FAQ

Are DC ceiling fans actually worth the extra over an AC fan?

For a room you sit in, yes. A DC motor draws roughly a third of the power of an equivalent AC fan, but the reason people notice the difference is noise rather than the power bill. A DC fan on low is close to silent, which matters in a bedroom where an AC fan on its lowest speed still hums. They also come with more speeds, usually six instead of three, and almost all of them come with a remote.

For a garage or a laundry where nobody sits still, a standard AC fan is perfectly sensible and costs less. We will tell you which one the room actually needs rather than defaulting to the dearer unit.

Can a ceiling fan go where there is only a light fitting now?

Usually yes, and that is the most common job we do. The wiring is generally already there, but two things have to be checked before anyone promises it. First, the ceiling needs something solid to fix to, because a fan moves and a plasterboard-only fixing will not hold it. If there is no batten or joist in the right spot we add one.

Second, if you want the fan and the light on separate switches, that needs an extra wire run back to the switch, which is a bigger job in a double storey than a single. We look at both at the quote so there are no surprises once the ceiling is open. If you are changing the lighting anyway, it is worth doing the downlights in the same visit.

Can you put ceiling fans outside on a patio or alfresco?

Yes, but it has to be a fan rated for it, and on the Northern Beaches that matters more than most places. An indoor fan put outside will rust at the blade fixings and the motor housing within a couple of summers, and salt air brings that on faster the closer you are to the water.

Outdoor-rated fans use sealed motors and either stainless, ABS or treated blades. If the area is fully exposed rather than just covered, the fan also needs to be on a weatherproof circuit. It is a straightforward job done right, and an expensive one done twice.

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