fan recommendations (Home Depot, Lowes, ceiling, install)
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Hi,
I've redecorated my house and currently, I'm looking for a ceiling fan. I want to install it in a dining room, straight above the table. The dining room is decorated as vintage and loft. Help with making a choice, thanks in advance, share experience and pitfalls
Hi,
I've redecorated my house and currently, I'm looking for a ceiling fan. I want to install it in a dining room, straight above the table. The dining room is decorated as vintage and loft. Help with making a choice, thanks in advance, share experience and pitfalls
"Experience and pitfalls"?? It's a ceiling fan. Find one you like and put it up.
"Experience and pitfalls"?? It's a ceiling fan. Find one you like and put it up.
I know how to use google and the internet at all, but forums are created for asking questions and sharing experience. Some ceiling fans are noisy, some of them are not reliable and durable, some of them have bad control panel(whatever). I just want to hear something I don't know before I'll make a decision. I faced a ceiling fan only in my childhood in my parent's house. It was really ancient and we didn't even turn it on. So some words about them can help me with making a decision, thanks
I know how to use google and the internet at all, but forums are created for asking questions and sharing experience. Some ceiling fans are noisy, some of them are not reliable and durable, some of them have bad control panel(whatever). I just want to hear something I don't know before I'll make a decision. I faced a ceiling fan only in my childhood in my parent's house. It was really ancient and we didn't even turn it on. So some words about them can help me with making a decision, thanks
Okay, stick with a Hunter fan. I have never had ANY fan go bad - and I almost always buy Hunter fans (just bought a Minka by the way), but my BF bought a cheaper brand (like $50) at Home Depot and it was noisy. He took it back and bought a better one.
Don't buy a cheap fan. There are lots of reviews online - I would suggest reading them to find a fan.
Why on earth are you putting a fan over your dining room table?? That makes no sense to me.
Don't buy a cheap fan. There are lots of reviews online - I would suggest reading them to find a fan.
Why on earth are you putting a fan over your dining room table?? That makes no sense to me.
This. Does your dining room have poor air circulation or get unusually hot for some reason or do you really just need a light over the table? A draft of air blowing on people's food isn't usually a plus.
I'd agree, but I've spent more than one dinner in changing weather where the room was too hot and stuffy for comfort.
If it's cold, no fan needed. If it's hot, A/C or house cooling is on. In the middle? A lot of times the house is comfortable but the dining room, near the kitchen, suddenly filled with people and warm to hot dishes, and rarely with good flow-through ventilation, is suddenly just a tad too airless, close and warm for comfort.
I'd go with a high-quality DC fan that has six or more speeds, so that it can be put on a normal-low speed for use other than at mealtimes and very low or inverted during meals. I had a houseful of Emersons that were great for this. Not cheap, but pretty, infinite lifespan and useful range of speeds.
Okay, stick with a Hunter fan. I have never had ANY fan go bad - and I almost always buy Hunter fans (just bought a Minka by the way), but my BF bought a cheaper brand (like $50) at Home Depot and it was noisy. He took it back and bought a better one.
Don't buy a cheap fan. There are lots of reviews online - I would suggest reading them to find a fan.
Why on earth are you putting a fan over your dining room table?? That makes no sense to me.
Yes, cheap fans get unbalanced and wobble and are noisy; also because the motor is smaller they make the blades with a shallower pitch so they end up not really moving the air very much, even if they go fast!
Are you wanting a fan over the table to keep flies away in the summer? Or is it more purely decoration? You may want a 3 speed fan with a super slow speed?
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It's a ceiling fan. Find one you like and put it up.
