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Ceiling Fans: The Easy, Affordable Makeover To Every Room In Your House
One of the fastest (and most affordable) ways to change the look of any room in your home is to install a ceiling fan. If you're updating your look, you'd probably want a sleek contemporary piece, with blades in brushed nickel, steel or chrome.
Manufacturers such as Minca Aire, Casablanca and Hunter offer these ultra-modern ceiling centerpieces. If you're going for a more tropical look, with rattan and bamboo perhaps, Tommy Bahama fans vie with those from Fanimation and Hunter: you can choose from plantation style or antique; old world or heritage. Once you've chosen the design, you'll need to select the materials and detailing that best enhance your decor.
Fans are certainly more than simply decorative, so you can buy your Mica Aire or Tommy Bahama fans knowing that your heating and cooling bills will go down and that you're doing your bit for energy conservation to boot! In hot weather, set the fan rotation at counter-clockwise (when you're looking up at the ceiling fan).
You should feel the air being blown down onto you. Even if the air that's being blown down is warm, the current will make any sweat on your skin evaporate, which is how the cooling sensation occurs. In colder seasons, reverse the rotation. Now the fan will pull the cooler air near the floor up to the warm ceiling, which process forces the warmer air that's trapped near the ceiling down to you.
Fans can be pretty heavy, and weigh up to about 35 pounds. In the US, the electrical junction box from which the fan is hung must be one that is approved by the National Electric Code. In other words, you probably don't have the right junction box if you simply replaced an ordinary ceiling light fixture with a ceiling fan.
You should also remember to have the fan mounted as high as possible. By law there must be seven feet between the blades and the floor; however, that is often not high enough, especially when a tall person happens to stretch beneath a fan or you're carrying a long object that can get caught in the spinning blades.
An angled or cathedral ceiling is certainly the best type of ceiling on which to mount a ceiling fan with respect to being high enough (although dusting or oiling the unit or replacing light bulbs requires a tall ladder -- and a steady hand).
During installation of a fan on this type of ceiling, it's very likely that you'll need a downrod or added bracket, so mention this factor to the salesperson when during your purchase.
About the Author Lighting by Gregory (http://lightingbygregory.com/lighting/category/tmybah.html) is a retailer that sells Tommy Bahama fans. Art Gib is a freelance writer.
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