936 4 in. Round Retro-Brace Ceiling Fan-Rated Support, 4 in

I used these to replace the older mounting brackets for several of my ceiling fans, and they’ve worked great. The brackets are solid, well-made, and easy to install. Everything lined up as expected, and they gave me a much more secure mounting solution than what I had before. Overall, this is a quality product that does exactly what it’s supposed to do. I’d definitely buy them again.

Seems to work well, definitely holding better than the original mount.

The retro brace works as advertised. Easy to install and provides for a strong mounting for my ceiling fan. I will not hesitate to use buy one ever again.

Bought this product in order to replace an outside recessed light with a fan. I was expecting to have to go into the attic to remove the old lighting fixture and add a fan brace. With this summer heat, that was not an option I was willing to consider. 🤣 This brace fit easily through the 4” pre-cut hole and the hardest part was centering and twisting it tight. Installation was a breeze and it looks great. Great value for your money. It does have three teeth at the ends to help dig into the joists and provide stability. A bit of advice, if you have the room, twist the brace to length first before putting through the hole. If not, you will have one tired arm at the end. Lol! Also, make sure to pick up screws to hold up the fan. This product does not supply any and most fans you purchase do not come with it either. Will save you a trip to the hardware store mid project.

+1 - Item arrived on time, and not damaged +1 - Item is as described +2 - Item installed as it should, and I had no issues mounting a ceiling fan to it -1 - Installation was harder than it needed to be, and there were no separate instructions. Just some brief/poorly written instructions on the side of the box Thoughts: If you're looking at something like this, hopefully you've done your homework on what it is you're wanting to install, what type of access you have, how deep your ceiling is, where your studs are, etc? Helpful hint, check for cross studs. Just because you've determined that your studs are running one way doesn't mean that the builders didn't put a cross stud in - right where you wanted to put your hole. All in all, installation wasn't difficult. Cut my hole, extended the bar out to the 24" marker that was on the threads (helpful - there's also a 16" mark), shoved it in, made sure the feet were in the downward position, twisted until it was tight and it was difficult to turn the bar. The part that made installation a bit difficult was the bracket you slide onto the bar. There's nothing to hold it onto the bar, you just put your keyhole screws in, put the box up and hope you don't push it off the bar - which I did a couple of times. I ended up pinching the ears in the middle to hold the bracket in place - even though the instructions didn't say to do that. Once I did that I was able to align the keyhole screws, and complete the installation. The punchouts on the gang box were pretty sealed. I ended up having to take a mini sledge hammer to it to get it to punch open. If you're having difficulty getting the wire to feed through the tensioner, strip your wires out of the main jacket then feed it through. Overall it was pretty easy to install. This was my first bracket install without attic side access, and I successfully did it. The next one will be even easier.

Great product!! I needed to add 2 ceiling fans. Both rooms were unaccessible from above in the trusses. I squared the room center, got on ladder and used a plumb bob for centering the fan on ceiling. Before doing and of this work I placed a tarp on floor and then ladder. Used a scribe compass to scribe a 4-1/4" circle on the ceiling. Then used drywall saw to cut hole. Measured the distance of truss on both sides of hole to know what is width of brass within 1/4". Put Raco Retro-Brace through hole and followed directions for this install on box. Hung ceiling fan with light and was finished. The Raco Retro-Brace made this job much more simple. Product works easy for install and ease of use. If you are not knowledgeable about how to wire the ceiling light/fan I suggest hiring an electrician to run wire.

Worked as planned

great product

A really sturdy retrofit support for mounting and supporting even a heavy ceiling fan safely. It is easy to slide into an existing ceiling hole, and can expand up to a 24” ceiling joist spacing, then dig in to the wood and tighten by twisting the support 5 to 6 rotations. I could have even done a one-arm pull-up on this without fear after the teeth dig into the joists. Comes with a nifty electrical box the snaps onto the shaft and all hardware. This was a terrific and essential purchase for securely mounting a heavy ceiling fan.

I purchased a ceiling fan for my bedroom not paying any attention of how I’m going to install it. I believed (stupidly) that I could attach it to the ceiling. Not the case when you have a plaster board one. This brace did the job bit perfectly highly recommend it and thank goodness Amazon sells it.

excellent product, easy to install

Works well if you need a junction box in a place with no support.I would recommend & purchase another if needed.

Appears to be very well made. I replaced a ceiling light with a ceiling fan. While the photo only shows an installation where the box is centered, lights/boxes are usually next to, or fastened to, a truss or joist, not centered between. Regardless, this product works for either application. This product saved me having to crawl up into my attic, remove insulation and either fit a wooden brace between two trusses or purchase a special box to screw solidly to the joist. It took me minutes to install this unit. My only concern or critique is that the barbs on each end might be slightly longer to pierce the wood deeper for a better grip. I may be concerned about nothing but if I were to improve the product that would be my only suggestion.