Fans?

Good morning.

I have seen some posts where people mention using small fans on the floor to circulate warm air into cooler rooms. Does anyone have s pic or link to a model that they have had success with?
Thanks

 

Where did you get the fan?

 

Thank!

 

I agree with the others here, any old small cheapo fan will work. We use the kind that are fan/heat low/heat high kind of thing and only run the fan. Use a cigarette or toilet paper or incense to watch how a fan changes air movement.

And yes, blow cold air towards the warm area.

 

muffin fan photos - Google Search

 

I was able to get a small Honeywell desk fan from staples for $16. I will try it out and experiment to see what works best for my house's layout which isn't too open.

 

This is one like I use as it can set on the floor in our narrow hallway on one side and doesn't take up much room.

 

My stove room has two door ways and is a sunken living room that has two steps. Both doorways have bulkheads that extend down about 18" from the ceiling. In my first attempt I didn't notice much air movement with the fan. I had it sitting on the floor about 12' from the stove room. I suspect the bulkheads are trapping the hot air and acting like a damm

 

I need to get a slighlty larger fan and have it pointed down the stairs to try and get warm air up there.

 

Best way to experiment with how different fan positions work is to tape a 6 to 8 inch piece of toilet paper at the top of your doorways and let it hang down. It will move with the air.

 

I'll vouch for the fan trick too thanks to mr Backwoods Savage! We have a 20" box fan that runs in our room at the back of the house I just stick it aiming out of the door and it helps pull the heat to the back. This year I'm going to try and combine that with a small fan the same one that chevyman posted sitting in the hallway by the stove room and see if we can get more heat back there.

 

Just tossing this out there as an idea (has worked for me).
We have a cold air return vent in our stove room. After talking to our heating and AC guy this summer (had to have a new system installed) he suggested going straight above our current return air vent and cutting one in at the ceiling. This has made a tremendous difference in our home "temp balance". This does require you to run your fan all the time but we do that anyway. It keeps air moving in the house.
On the other hand my dad has added pass through fans above doorways. Similar to the old "school house" door ways. He cut a pass through at the ceiling and has a fan that can be controlled inside the wall. Anyway just a couple of different options.


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