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Ceiling Fans
Ceiling fans can add comfort and efficiency
to your home by quietly and gently circulating
air. In the summer, the breeze from the fan
helps to keep you cool. In the winter, because
hot air slowly accumulates near the ceiling,
a slow moving fan can move the heated air
back towards the floor and thus reduce the
work your furnace must do to warm the occupied
portion of the room.
Check with the zoning code in
your area or
ask at the place you buy your
fan, but in
general, you want the bottom
of the fan to
be no less than seven feet off
the floor
and a foot from the ceiling.
This provides
a safety zone to keep people
from hitting
their heads and enough room for
the fan to
efficiently circulate the air.
That said, you can choose between
traditional
stem mounted fans and "hugger"
models, which attach close to
the ceiling
for rooms with low ceilings.
Many models
feature one or more lights integrated
into
the fan. Fans are generally variable
(or
stepped) speeds and can be controlled
by
a pull chain, wall switch, or
remote control.
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