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10-31-2007, 15:56

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Hanging Ceiling Fan in Great room

Dennis, I missed this thread somehow, sorry.

When I was doing mine I spoke to a neighbour who happens to own the local "Mr. Electric" franchise, there is one near you too I'm sure, about putting in the wiring & box etc., first.

When he came over to look at the job he told me if I had the fan ready to go when his guys got there with the small lift they use, he would hang the fan for an extra $20. It was a no brainer!!

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Dennis, not sure how it would work with your situation, but a friend of mine recently had a similar problem, except in his case it wasn't a fussy 'head of domestic affairs', his wife suffers from migraines and the combination of a spinning fan and lights is not a good one, as you mentioned already.

His solution was to build a wooden structure that looks like a beam up to the ceiling in the 2 corners that have the highest ceilings. They are just oak veneer (to match the rest of his woodwork) plywood boxes and are hollow. At the bottom of each is a large air register facing out in two directions, and at the top a large air inlet, like a cold air return vent. Suspended inside each box beam is a large capacity (variable speed) blower fan that forces air out the bottom vents, the only place this air can come from is the inlet at the top of each 'beam'. The blowers are connected to a thermostat that automatically turns them on & off based on the difference in temperature between ceiling and floor levels.

He said it seems to be working quite nicely and they are very quiet, even when running on high.

He figures they were less expensive than (in his case) running new wiring through a large existing cathedral ceiling with no attic above, and then adding all the framing to hold the weight of a ceiling fan.

Best of luck.

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