Ceiling fan size for living room with loft?

[Mustard Tiger]

Last winter was the first year using the wood stove (BK Sirocco 30.2) I had installed the previous spring. Was great and really enjoy the stove. Only issue I encountered was I lost a lot of heat up into the ceiling and loft. Ceiling in the living room is 21ft from the floor to the apex with a fairly steep roof. The floor the wood stove is on is 920 sq ft total (thins includes the master bath, kitchen and 2 bathrooms, with the living room portion being only around 400 sq ft with a 400 sq ft loft above. There's a small ceiling fan up in the loft, but that really doesn't do anything and would like to hang a new fan right over the living room at the apex with a downrod.

I'm trying to determine what size ceiling fan I need.

Here are a couple photos.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I'd have the largest I could get and very slow speed with remote.

 

[Todd]

Awesome looking place! I have a similar home although smaller and have one ceiling fan centered just off the loft near my stairs so I can reach it. You may want to look at two fans, one in the loft and one centered over the great room.

 

[Mustard Tiger]

Awesome looking place! I have a similar home although smaller and have one ceiling fan centered just off the loft near my stairs so I can reach it. You may want to look at two fans, one in the loft and one centered over the great room.

There already is a small fan in the loft and the plan is to mount the second fan over the middle of the living room.

 

[begreen]

I second going for a large, good quality fan. Be sure it has a reverse (winter) mode. With the two fans you can try setting up a convective loop by having the LR fan blow upward (reversed) and the loft fan blowing downward.

 

[EbS-P]

Just to be clear why large and slow are being recommended is to set up the convective loop. you don’t want to stir/mix up the air. We need to remove the hot air from near the stove and replace it with cooler air from colder parts of the house.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Just to be clear why large and slow are being recommended is to set up the convective loop. you don’t want to stir/mix up the air. We need to remove the hot air from near the stove and replace it with cooler air from colder parts of the house.

I agree now that you've pointed that out, however I was thinking more for noise ie being able to move the air but not be spinning like a plane prop. I can remember flying into some tropical open air airports and seeing some huge fans, and you could watch the blades go around. They were 8 foot diameter it seemed.

 

[begreen]

I agree now that you've pointed that out, however I was thinking more for noise ie being able to move the air but not be spinning like a plane prop. I can remember flying into some tropical open air airports and seeing some huge fans, and you could watch the blades go around. They were 8 foot diameter it seemed.

Yes, there are commercial fans that are about 8' in diameter. I'm not sure that would be an appropriate look here, but there are some good offerings in the 60-66" range.

 

[Mustard Tiger]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I am well aware of what the fan is supposed to do, purchasing one that goes in both directions, etc. I'm not looking for something to create a breeze, and just want something to push down the hot air that escapes up into the ceiling. I'm thinking I'll be going with a 65" Minka Aire fan.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Given the height, you’ll probably need scaffolding to do maintenance and such. Being able to switch the direction with a remote would be great! I agree with largest fan you can find. Slow speed is quiet.

 

[Mustard Tiger]

Given the height, you’ll probably need scaffolding to do maintenance and such. Being able to switch the direction with a remote would be great! I agree with largest fan you can find. Slow speed is quiet.

I'm using a scaffold to put it up. Another reason I'm not getting one with a light. Don't want to deal with every having to change out a bulb. I think 65" is a good compromise. The width of that space in the living room isn't huge despite the ceilings being really high.

 

[begreen]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I am well aware of what the fan is supposed to do, purchasing one that goes in both directions, etc. I'm not looking for something to create a breeze, and just want something to push down the hot air that escapes up into the ceiling. I'm thinking I'll be going with a 65" Minka Aire fan.

In the winter it's better to push the hot air up so that it descends on the colder walls. This is more comfortable. Air blowing across one's skin has a cooling, evaporative effect.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

How tall is that chimney outside? That’s a lot of roof!

 

[moresnow]

Nifty joint you have there!
Don't be afraid to try all combinations of fan direction and speed between your two fans. Be patient with each attempt.
Distributing stratified hot air may seem like a defined science, but in my experience that is not always been the case.
Just throwing this tidbit out for consideration! Good luck.

 

[Whitenuckler]

You may want to reconsider the light. It would be LED type (I'm 99% sure) so you would not need to change it unless it fails.
You will need to get back up there at some point to clean the fan motor and blades. That is one thing that always puzzled me, is how people manage to keep these high loft area's clean. You almost need one of those scissor lifts.

 

[Mustard Tiger]

You may want to reconsider the light. It would be LED type (I'm 99% sure) so you would not need to change it unless it fails.
You will need to get back up there at some point to clean the fan motor and blades. That is one thing that always puzzled me, is how people manage to keep these high loft area's clean. You almost need one of those scissor lifts.

How do you propose getting a scissor lift inside a house?!

Don't really think a small light on a fan is going to do much when it's 15ft up.

 

[Whitenuckler]

How do you propose getting a scissor lift inside a house?!

Don't really think a small light on a fan is going to do much when it's 15ft up.

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Some of these are pretty narrow 0.76m 30 inch
re the light - It might be included anyway. Depends on how it looks too. It might look better without a lens kit.
You will still get some light from it, not for reading, but more of a night light.
I love your place BTW.