Careful, that’s an 11-1/2 feet ceiling up there on the ladder, and windmills are associated with a high incidence of injury and fatality.
We are (that is, I am) doing this in preparation for the tear-out that’s coming on Monday, it’s Demolition Day for the kitchen renovation.
I also needed to re-attach the escutcheon that had come loose from the ceiling and descended the length of the down-rod.The clean and fresh blades will help circulate air trapped up in the high ceiling cove during the renovation work.