Ok help me out.

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jim3854

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Nov 20, 2011
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Im mounting a couple of door way fans tomorrow . Do I blow the heat towards the bedrooms or blow cold air to the heater ?
 
In upper corner of doorway, blow heat towards bedrooms. I would add some kind of low speed fan on the floor to blow cold toward the stove.
 
I normally say cold air out....

But Jrsdws has this one. If its a small fan up top, then blow in. Even if no return.


But.... it is worthy to blow some cold air out of the room (towards stove).
 
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i have two of the little doorway fans...first year i had one
blowing the hot air out of the room where the stove is, and the second one
blowing the air down the hallway towards my bedrooms...

this year i tried the blowing cold into the stove room thing...,so i have one mounted on top of the doorway
blowing hot air out and the second one mounted on the bottom of the doorway blowing
the cold air in....what a HUGE differance its made...my house never gets below 70-72
where as last year the best i could do was mid 60's
 
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Have you tried checking what your natural flow is? I would check that and assist it. Easier to go with the flow than to fight against it.
 
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