We've been using a box fan on the floor at the end of the hallway, pointing toward the woodstove (as I learned here on the forums). It was working reasonably well at getting the warm air down to the bedrooms.
Yesterday, however, I found a bargain on a fan I had been eyeballing at Amazon. I hadn't bought it yet because I didn't want to pay $50 for it. Lowes had it on clearance for $25. It's FANtastic.
It's far better for 2 reasons I've discovered so far. First, it sends out a very direct stream of air down the hall and into the central (warm) part of the house. It does so way better than the box fan that swirled the air around as it blew down the hall. The circulation (cool air along the floor toward the heat, warm air along the ceiling toward the bedrooms) is amazingly noticeable. Walking away from the fan down the hallway you can feel the warm breeze on your face from the heated part of the house. The bedrooms were much warmer last night than other nights when we had the stove going (a bit too warm actually).
The second benefit, which is specific to our house but might help yours as well, is that this fan draws air from both sides rather than from the rear. Our fan sits on the floor with a bedroom door on either side. It draws cool air from each bedroom, shoots it along the floor toward the woodstove, and warm air moves back along the ceiling not only down the hall, but also into each of the rooms to replace the air that's been drawn out of them.
As you can probably tell, I'm way more excited about this fan than a person should be.
The image below is the type of fan I have, but not the exact model. Mine is a gray/black Lasko brand (which is also the maker of the Stanley fan below). It seems well built. And, bonus, it looks just about impossible for kids to get their fingers into the working parts of the fan.
In short, if you really need to get air circulating from the far corners of your house, this fan (or one like it) is far and away better than a "normal" fan. I'd say it's worth the price even if you can't find it on clearance.
Here's the yellow one at amazon.com
Yesterday, however, I found a bargain on a fan I had been eyeballing at Amazon. I hadn't bought it yet because I didn't want to pay $50 for it. Lowes had it on clearance for $25. It's FANtastic.
It's far better for 2 reasons I've discovered so far. First, it sends out a very direct stream of air down the hall and into the central (warm) part of the house. It does so way better than the box fan that swirled the air around as it blew down the hall. The circulation (cool air along the floor toward the heat, warm air along the ceiling toward the bedrooms) is amazingly noticeable. Walking away from the fan down the hallway you can feel the warm breeze on your face from the heated part of the house. The bedrooms were much warmer last night than other nights when we had the stove going (a bit too warm actually).
The second benefit, which is specific to our house but might help yours as well, is that this fan draws air from both sides rather than from the rear. Our fan sits on the floor with a bedroom door on either side. It draws cool air from each bedroom, shoots it along the floor toward the woodstove, and warm air moves back along the ceiling not only down the hall, but also into each of the rooms to replace the air that's been drawn out of them.
As you can probably tell, I'm way more excited about this fan than a person should be.
The image below is the type of fan I have, but not the exact model. Mine is a gray/black Lasko brand (which is also the maker of the Stanley fan below). It seems well built. And, bonus, it looks just about impossible for kids to get their fingers into the working parts of the fan.
In short, if you really need to get air circulating from the far corners of your house, this fan (or one like it) is far and away better than a "normal" fan. I'd say it's worth the price even if you can't find it on clearance.
Here's the yellow one at amazon.com
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