Don’t look up!” I say to my husband, who, naturally, immediately zooms in on the outdoor ceiling fan precariously swinging from its rod like Tarzan, threatening to fall and decapitate us.Get more news about Industrial Wall Fan,you can vist our website!
Wouldn’t that be a fitting end? “Home columnist beheaded by her own ceiling fan!”While I duck for cover, he calmly turns the fan off. “Time for a new fan,” he says.
Until now, I’d never paid much attention to our ceiling fans, indoors or out. They were givens. They came along with the house, like doors and sinks. But now that decapitation was imminent, I’m noticing that the two, once-white outdoor fans had become rickety and yellow with age.To nip this fast, I call Darby Serra, the national sales director for Dan’s Fan City, where he’s worked for 30 years. The company sells fans online and through 50 stores in a handful of states.
“Many people don’t appreciate the comfort and cost savings ceiling fans provide,” said Serra, sounding well-scripted. “By evening out the temperature in a room, ceiling fans make air conditioners work less. Fans blow air down into a room like a cone, pushing the air at the base of the cone up the wall and back into the fan, to circulate.”
But what I really want to talk about is how to pick a fan before my husband hits the buy-now button. Happy to oblige, Serra offered the following fan-picking tips:
Style: Fans come in dozens of styles: rustic, traditional, tropical, industrial, modern and more. Many are beautiful and yet would be wrong for your house. Consider your home’s architecture and look for a fan that suits it.
Size: The biggest mistake homeowners make is putting in a fan that’s too small. The result looks wrong and doesn’t work. In rooms that measure 10-feet square up to 16-feet square, go for a fan that’s at least 52 inches. In larger rooms, go bigger.
Height: Rod length from ceiling also matters. For eight-foot ceilings, fan blades need eight inches between the blades and ceiling for proper circulation. On higher ceilings, fan blades should sit between eight and 11 feet from the floor.
Color: Do you want a fan you notice or one that blends? “You don’t get tired of white,” Serra said. “It goes up, does its job and matches the ceiling.” Usually, designers don’t want a fan to upstage the décor, or the view out your window. But if you do want a statement fan, choose a color and style that ties into the décor or the hardware.
