Cieling Fan Placement

[Spudland_Dave]

Had lunch with my dad today, and he gave me an idea I hadnt thought about...Cieling Fan. Where would you guys place one? or multiple.

Stairwell in the middle seperates the parking side from my tractor/shop side.

Would probably get a "residential" version with a light on it...and the purpose of the fan has less to do with HVAC and more just circulating the air to dry the floors...

 

[Charles (in GA)]

My guess is right in the middle. How high is the ceiling? Will the building be heated? I do not recall the dimensions but from the drawing, one fan is sufficient if you use a good one, that moves lots of air such as THIS ONE.

They work well in the summer, but I'm a huge advocate of them in the winter to move the heat around and keep it pushed to the floor. If you don't have good circulation, you get cold areas in the winter.

Edit: I see you are in Maine. I'm sure you will have heat. Years ago my dad was sent to Presque Isle to help coordinate the merger of NE Airlines with Delta at the NE station there. He said every time he went out to eat, didn't matter what meal, after taking the order, the waitress would ask "baked, fried, hashed, or mashed". They would not say "potato" as it was implied. I recall they sent a bag of the finest top grade Maine potatoes down to dad during the harvest and those were the best tasting 'taters I've ever had.

Charles

 

[KCarGuy]

My Heater is "Off Center" and is more toward the Work Shop area of the Garage.
(30 foot wide garage...2 car area for parking and 1 car area as a Work Area)
So, my Ceiling Fan is also "Off Center". Its about 5 feet in front of the heater.
The fan is an Industrial 6 blade, 4 speed Hunter Fan, that moves air nicely.
Place it where you would be doing most of your work in the Garage.
My Fan has no lights on it, because I use Other Lighting through out the Garage.

 

[wssix99]

If you want to circulate air across the entire garage, you should put it in the middle.

Would probably get a "residential" version with a light on it...and the purpose of the fan has less to do with HVAC and more just circulating the air to dry the floors...

I would definitely go with an industrial design w/o a light. You'll need a larger-than-residential fan for that size of a space. The light kits on the residential fans totally ****. (I'm at a loss to describe them any other way.) They won't stand up to the environment well and they really only give you enough light for an interior room with a 60W max rating. They really aren't suitable for a workspace like a shop or a garage. (IMO - They also aren't suitable for kitchens.)

 

[kursplat]

unless you already have one, don't bother with the lights. i have a 5 blade house fan i got for $10, box was damaged. no light kit, if it had lights i would have knocked them off years ago swinging something around the garage. mine's just in a 2 car garage, but it does make a difference

 

[Spudland_Dave]

My guess is right in the middle. How high is the ceiling? Will the building be heated? I do not recall the dimensions but from the drawing, one fan is sufficient if you use a good one, that moves lots of air such as THIS ONE.

Dimensions of my garage are 30x50 x 10' High.

Edit: I see you are in Maine. I'm sure you will have heat. Years ago my dad was sent to Presque Isle to help coordinate the merger of NE Airlines with Delta at the NE station there. He said every time he went out to eat, didn't matter what meal, after taking the order, the waitress would ask "baked, fried, hashed, or mashed". They would not say "potato" as it was implied. I recall they sent a bag of the finest top grade Maine potatoes down to dad during the harvest and those were the best tasting 'taters I've ever had.

Charles

Yup, and now you can probably figure out why my handle is what it is...I grew up an hour north of Presque Isle actually. And grew up on a farm in a farming community.
Yeah, eventually I'll have heat. I might get an insulated shop curtian and heat only the tractor/shop end...and even then, probably only when I go tinker.

As to everyone else, I'm glad you made the comments about residential vs commercial fans...I purposely didnt say what my ORIGINAL plans were for fear of skewing the data, but ORIGINALLY I had kinda thought about putting the fans where a normal GDO would be. Seeing as how I got 3800's now its wide open there...and would have wired the fan lights to the Remote light units for now. AND down the road, if the LM3800's ever leave a bad taste in my mouth, just a little wiring reconfiguration and voila, circuits for normal GDO's ready to roll.

 

[Ray-CA]

You could always use two. One set to blow air down and the other set to pull the air up. Easy to get the air moving and circulate the heat.

Ray

 

[KCarGuy]

^^^^^^This is a great Idea^^^^^^

 

[kbs2244]

You say you want to “dry the floors.”
I am assuming you mean from the winter slush and such?

If your 10 ceiling is flat then one between the cars and blowing up would be my advice.
It seems backwards, but the air flow will go across the ceiling, down the walls, and the across the floor.
That flow dries off everything before it picks up the moisture from the floor and spreads it all over the place.

If you have a vaulted ceiling this will not work.
Then you need to put the fan in the same place but blowing down.

A dehumidifier in the corner set up to drain outside through a hole in the wall will work wonders by catching the moisture before it gets circulated around.

 

[Zeke]

There are light kits that would no more be a hazard AFA knocking down than the moving blades themselves. As me how I know.

 

[kursplat]

There are light kits that would no more be a hazard AFA knocking down than the moving blades themselves. As me how I know.

i was just thinking i didn't want to spend $$ replacing something i broke