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Over on the home improvement blog Charles and Hudson, they’ve got up a little video primer on how to stabilize a wobbly ceiling fan. Which reminds us: We still need to get some ceiling fans. What do people recommend? Fixing a Wobbly Ceiling Fan [Charles and Hudson]
Over on the home improvement blog Charles and Hudson, they’ve got up a little video primer on how to stabilize a wobbly ceiling fan. Which reminds us: We still need to get some ceiling fans. What do people recommend?
Fixing a Wobbly Ceiling Fan [Charles and Hudson]
Lowes has a great line of ceiling fans. iI installed them throuought my apartment recently, and it makes the place very comfortable. They were affordable, easy to install, and are really quiet.
Check out the Blow Fan made by Luceplan. It is woinderful, but costs much more than those written abiut above – about $750.00 on y-lighting. It is really beautiful and wonderfully made in Italy. I use them in the front and back parlor of my 1860 row house. I find the Little House on the Prairie look of most fans pretty awful
1) You can get fan mounting kits that mount to the old gas ‘pancake’ fixtures at Bruno’s hardware. This is useful in old houses.
2) Avoid the home depot fans. They hum and are annoying.
3) beware of old wiring — every wire in my house is black. Not so easy to figure out which is hot and cold.
4) learn the fan wiring diagram by heart beforehand.
5) Buy a big ladder while you are at it.
a ceiling fan?? that’s akin to the super glossy floors you are fond of pointing out.
i put an emerson fan on the ceiling 5 years ago, and have NEVER TURNED IT OFF, except to clean it. it was pricey ($300+) but it’s an absolute champ.
about ms savant – when i clean the ceiling fan i take tons of dog and cat hair from the blades (they’re made of leather). this means that the fan is drawing hair, ergo, air, up from the floor, ergo, cool air is being drawn up to the ceiling.
I swear by Casablanca. Got two of them, including one that is 10+ years old. While I gripe about the money they cost, I’ve had nary a complaint about they function (very quiet and , yes, you can run the fan with the light on a dimmer). And they look great besides.
My first Hunter fan burned out after “only ” about 14–20 years of use–they shipped me a brand new replacement at no charge–GREAT company!
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There are the usual tacky ones, but there are some nicer, older-looking ones that work well with original brownstone decor. It’s worth culling through the site.
Hate to be the jerk but I’ll point to the following Marilyn vos Savant article about ceiling fans and how they don’t help the heat:
My wife and I have a bet. I say that a ceiling fan is useless if no one is present to benefit from the breeze. She says it still is cooling the room. Please tell her so I can collect.
—Steve Beubis, Harrington Park, N.J.
The fan actually is warming the air. That’s because its motor is connected to the electricity and drawing energy into the room. When people are present, they may feel cooler due to the breeze, but the air itself is a bit warmer. And when no one is around, the fan is worse than nothing: It’s a heater.
http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_05-30-2004/ask_marilyn_0