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If your outdoor living space has some type of solid roof, a ceiling fan will provide a strong downward breeze. Ceiling fans do need to be mounted and hardwired into your home’s electrical service, but ...

“This is a timber-frame-covered patio utilizing Douglas fir tongue and groove ceiling as well as exposed fir rafters,” Purple Cherry explains, though she does have a word of caution for those hoping ...

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My brother in law has a nice, big covered patio with a really high roof. If the rafters were covered, I think it would be a 10' ceiling -- with the rafters open, it's really high. (By exposed rafters ...

A soggy Sunday across South Florida led to several weather warnings and advisories as some areas saw up to 8 inches of rain. At the University of Miami Mahoney Pearson dorms, a portion of a patio ...

CORAL GABLES, FLA. (WSVN) - This past weekend’s strong thunderstorms caused the ceiling of an outdoor patio at the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus to break off. Students living in the ...