G`Day Mr.& Mrs Tex esq.com Great I thought, there is an easier way to clean the blade on the fan other than undoing all those screw each time.So I looked and looked for the pop off bit ,but alas there was none .I have an older model,so it is back to the screwdriver and stiff neck. LOL. Rod,good point about the night rain I didn`t realise they would be noisy. We are now back in Brissie then off to Lake Cooroibah tomorrow for a 5 month housesit. Cheers