It's ruggedly built but not that heavy that one person can't put it up by their self. Really moves the air and it's pretty quiet but not that noisy for how much air it moves. Mounted mine to garage ceiling joist to which I had previously mounted a 14" long 2"x6" board. Then used two eye screws in an adjacent joist to hoist the fan up so I could screw it to the 2"x6". Same eye screws were used for the secondary support cable.