Ceiling fan in the garage??

[bchee]

I'm taking a ceiling fan out of a bedroom. Instead of throwing it away, I figure I could put it in the garage.

Any problems with this? There's no lift, and it will be mounted opposite the garage door, so it won't interfere. (basically it won't be right in the middle, it will be on one side, like over the workbench area)

If there's already a thread about this, please point me to the link. Thanks

 

[bazzateer]

Don't see why not

 

[bullington]

It would probably work perfect for when you are welding and grinding etc. When you need a good flow of air.

 

[onewaydave]

I've got 17' ceilings and 2 regular contractor grade fans. No problems until you forget they are there and you poke that piece of conduit into the blades....

 

[JerseyJim]

My garage utilizes a shed roof to get the height required in the lift area. The shed roof pushes up against a section of the garage that has lower ceilings. The net effect would be to have heat rising up to the peak area of the shed roof. I installed an industrial fan in the peak area and run it at its lowest speed all winter. It's made a big difference. Much more uniform heating and the heater doesn't run anywhere near as much. I also use it in the summer. But only when I am working in the garage.

 

[djjsr]

I had a very close call with a steel bladed ceiling fan. I'll NEVER have another one in a work area. There's lots of other options that are much safer.

 

[Kevin54]

I hjave two in my garage with 8' ceilings. they run 24/7. I set them to blow down in the summer and set to pull up in the winter to circulate the heat.

 

[Andamo]

I found a new 50'' fan on Craigslist for $15 and put in it my 3 car garage towards the center in front of the middle garage door. I keep my garage heater set at 50 degrees and the fan on slow speed and it seems to keep the heat distributed better. When we bring the cars in that have snow and ice on them, I just crank up the fan to full speed and it drys the cars, and more importantly, dries the floor MUCH quicker. And in the summer it's nice to have the fan running in the hot muggy days.

 

[Gizzy]

I had a small one in my garage,didn't notice much difference with or without it.If your going to put one up use a bigger one.Just my opinion.

 

[BetterDays]

Once the home ones get replaced, I think they will end up in the garage....

Might look at a pulley system to power two fans from one motor...

Works in theory, right?

 

[Vernmotor]

I have two in my garage.. bought them at a garage sale.. I love them !

 

[930dreamer]

I have one in my 30X40 shop. Had to use a forklift to install, it runs 24/7.

 

[rodnok1]

just don't mount them where they make the lights look like they are flickering, that drives me absolutley insane when I go in somewhere and see that...

 

[mikevango]

i have two small ones in my garage. i got them at home depot for $12 each about 5 years ago.

 

[pgreen]

I have 4 industrial ones in my 40x60 shop. Makes all kinds of difference in the summer. Still wondering if I can use some kind of speed control to slow them down in the winter. Unlike the typical home ones, they have one speed...

 

[sicklyscott]

I have one in my 12x24 garage. It helps circulate my weak heating in the winter and helps keep me cool in the summer. An added benefit is the Mosquitos have a hardertime attacking me with the fan on high.

I got mine from lowes for $20.

 

[gcan]

I have a friend that says he runs his year round on low....his garage isn't heated and he said it made a big difference in the damp feeling during the winter. He also said before he installed the fan some of his tools were getting rust on them but not since installing the fan.

 

[Wardrum]

I have one in my shop that runs 24/7. Seems to reduce the time the furnace or AC runs. Having the air moving all the time also keeps everything dryer to reduce rust on tools and "projects".

 

[930dreamer]

I have 4 industrial ones in my 40x60 shop. Makes all kinds of difference in the summer. Still wondering if I can use some kind of speed control to slow them down in the winter. Unlike the typical home ones, they have one speed...

I install a fan control switch with three speeds, works great.

 

[ratdoggy]

Kevin54 What is that closet next too the compressor for?
I thought it might hold your compressor because it's vented but I guess not

 

[Matt M PA]

I put a bigger one that was at Lowe's in my garage. It's in the bay with the high ceiling for the lift. Runs all the time on the lowest setting. It's a big help in the winter and summer.

 

[BetterDays]

Maybe furnace?

 

[bchee]

thanks for all of the input!

 

[bucs012]

I built my 50x30 last fall and have 4 ceilings fans in it spaced out, evenly. Nice to keep the air moving for cool or warmth.

 

[JerseyJim]

I installed a 60 inch Hampton Bay three blade industrial fan from Home Depot. This fan is highly rated. It's about $70. I put it on a multi-speed controller. This thing moves a lot of air. Even mounted high at a point where my garage ceiling is about 15 feet, you still can't run it on high without things blowing around. Lowest speed moves plenty of air.

 

[Kevin54]

Kevin54 What is that closet next too the compressor for?
I thought it might hold your compressor because it's vented but I guess not

It's my furnace. We put a new one in the house a couple of years ago and I was going to get rid of that one but could not give it away, so I ended up putting it in the garage. The vents underneath are where the heat comes out because it is a downflow furnace.

 

[Gary S]

I put 2 fans in my garage. One is an metal industrial fan. The second one is a house fan.
The metal one moves more air and makes more noise. The house fan moves less air, makes no noise, but the wireless remote died as soon as the weather got cold. It now runs on its pull chain which does work in the cold.
Technology-0 Simplicity-1

They are definitely worth having to mix the air both summer and winter.

 

[OccupantRJ]

I hjave two in my garage with 8' ceilings. they run 24/7. I set them to blow down in the summer and set to pull up in the winter to circulate the heat.

Kevin54, what kind of ceiling you got there?

RJ

 

[APEowner]

I have a pair of them in my 24 x 40 with 8' ceilings that run 24/7. I heat in the winter and cool in the summer and they do a great job of keeping the temperature even throughout the building. They will get your attention if you stick a broom handle or something in them. I once stood up in the bed of my pickup directly underneath one of them. That was unpleasent but it didn't cause any permanent...what was I talking about?

 

[Kevin54]

Kevin54, what kind of ceiling you got there?

RJ

Drywalled and textured. The guy that finished my drywall talked me into it. The price was right, but if I had it to do over again I would have a smooth ceiling.

BTW, I don't have those lights up anymore. I installed fluorescents. And the yellow hooks in th eceiling are not there now. I put the hooks up when I was painting my truck to hang parts off of.

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

It's my furnace. We put a new one in the house a couple of years ago and I was going to get rid of that one but could not give it away, so I ended up putting it in the garage. The vents underneath are where the heat comes out because it is a downflow furnace.

Thats cool. So you recycled your old furnace for use in the garage. Great idea...

 

[M17715]

Aren't you guys afraid that a fan will fall on your cars? Or that one of the blades will come off and hit your car?

 

[Kevin54]

Thats cool. So you recycled your old furnace for use in the garage. Great idea...

I got rid of that furnace and have one hanging from the ceiling now. The reason you see it like it is though is that my house is on a crawlspace and we have a downdraft furnace, hence the four registers at the bottom and the large intake with a filter up above. It was actually a nice setup. But when I tore the wall out from between the two sides of the garage, I GAVE all of my cabinets and furnace to a friend of mine for his garage. I had the hanging furnace that I was going to put up in the house garage, but we never do anything out there in the winter anyways, and it rarely gets below 40-45 in the winter months, so I decided to use it in my garage.

Aren't you guys afraid that a fan will fall on your cars? Or that one of the blades will come off and hit your car?

They won't fall if you have the proper box to mount them to. And as far as the blades falling off.....how many ceiling fans do you have in your house and how many times have they fell or a blade come off? Maybe once in a lifetime if that

 

[mrodgers]

They won't fall if you have the proper box to mount them to. And as far as the blades falling off.....how many ceiling fans do you have in your house and how many times have they fell or a blade come off? Maybe once in a lifetime if that

Once in a lifetime is enough to damage that classic car or give you a good knock on the head while you work.

I guess I'm good for putting a ceiling fan in the garage. A blade came off the bedroom fan while we were sleeping. Bounced off the wall and woke me up when it hit me. There's my once in a lifetime.

 

[M17715]

Once in a lifetime is enough to damage that classic car or give you a good knock on the head while you work.

I guess I'm good for putting a ceiling fan in the garage. A blade came off the bedroom fan while we were sleeping. Bounced off the wall and woke me up when it hit me. There's my once in a lifetime.

My ceiling is about 10' tall so I wouldn't worry about running into it. I do have an expensive car and I would worry about one of the blades coming off. Or the thing falling. I have a flat screen TV in my garage and I put a "safety chain" on it so it doesn't hit anything if it falls. But I could mount the fan on the metal beam that runs across the ceiling of my metal garage. I'll just have to give it some thought. Thanks.

 

[Kevin54]

Once in a lifetime is enough to damage that classic car or give you a good knock on the head while you work.

I guess I'm good for putting a ceiling fan in the garage. A blade came off the bedroom fan while we were sleeping. Bounced off the wall and woke me up when it hit me. There's my once in a lifetime.

My ceiling is about 10' tall so I wouldn't worry about running into it. I do have an expensive car and I would worry about one of the blades coming off. Or the thing falling. I have a flat screen TV in my garage and I put a "safety chain" on it so it doesn't hit anything if it falls. But I could mount the fan on the metal beam that runs across the ceiling of my metal garage. I'll just have to give it some thought. Thanks.

I live dangerously. I have two ceiling fans to circulate the air, and I have a 42" flat panel TV in front of my lathe. And no, it's not there so I can watch TV while running the lathe. It was the only convenient spot to mount it.

And I periodically check the fanblades for tightness in both the house and the garage.

 

[djjsr]

And I periodically check the fanblades for tightness in both the house and the garage.

I never check them.

I've never had one come loose.
I've never seen someone else's come loose.
I've never heard of one coming loose.
I've never read about one coming loose.
I've never seen it on the news that someone had one come loose.
I don't think it has happened in the tens of thousands of years that man has been on this planet.

If you are paranoid about one coming loose, put some Loctite on the screws.

 

[yucholian]

I hjave two in my garage with 8' ceilings. they run 24/7. I set them to blow down in the summer and set to pull up in the winter to circulate the heat.

Isn't that backwards? Blowing down in winter allows you to push the warmer air at the ceiling down to where you are.

 

[m289271]

I use mine in the winter to "unstratify" the warm air when the heater's on.

 

[Kevin54]

Isn't that backwards? Blowing down in winter allows you to push the warmer air at the ceiling down to where you are.

No, it's not backwards and it shows even on the instructions you get with a fan. The idea is to pull the warm air up and across the ceiling and then the warm air will then go across the ceiling and wash down across the walls.

Here you go....I found this. http://www.hansenwholesale.com/ceilingfans/fan-direction-summer-winter.asp