Hello... I'm installing a new ceiling fan, and I'm lucky enough to have dead-center of the room right underneath a joist. So, I picked up a 4 x 1/2" ceiling fan box. One problem: my house is 50+ years old and has two layers of 3/8" drywall on the ceiling, so the fan box isn't flush with the bottom of the ceiling - it's about 1/4" recessed into the ceiling. Any advice on how to proceed? I'm a little afraid of shimming - doesn't seem strong enough. And I'd prefer to leave the location where it is as opposed to moving off center and putting in a 2x4 brace. Thanks in advance!

I don't know if this is possible I have read up on several different sites but nothing seems to work. I inherited my grandmas house. Back when she had some work done they put in a vent fan/light combo into her bathroom. With a single switch when you turned it on it turned on everything (the original and only light in the bathroom, the vent light, and vent fan.) I bought a single pole double switch [url=http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Single-Pole-Double-Switch-Ivory-R51-05224-2IS/100356811#.UaI5W77D-M8]Leviton 15-Amp Single-Pole Double Switch - Ivory-R51-05224-2IS at The Home Depot[/url] to separate the lights from the fan. In the box there was 14/2 wire with ground. I added and additional 14/3 wire from the switch to the fan/light as per what I read I needed online. How do I go about wiring this up everything I have tried doesn't work. Either nothing works or only one thing at a time...sometimes the lights work but strobe and 9 times out of 10 the fan never works. Need help do I need more wire or is this not possible. I want both lights to come on at the same time on one switch and the vent to come on with the other...if that's not possible I would be happy with original light on one and vent light combo on other...Thanks for the help