How to Circulate Heat Through a House Using Ceiling Fans

Air Flow in a Room

• 1

  Turn off the ceiling fan, if it's running, and wait for it to stop. Position a stepladder under the ceiling fan and climb as high as you need to in order to reach the fan.

• 2

  Locate the forward and reverse slide-switch control on the side of the ceiling fan.

• 3

  Push the slide switch to the reverse setting so that cool air will be pulled up, and warm air close to the ceiling will be forced downward.

• 4

  Start the fan and allow it to reach full speed.

• 5

  Adjust the speed if it's too fast for you.

Air Flow in a Home

• 6

  Adjust ceiling fans in other rooms so that they will also pull up cool air and force down warm air that's close to the ceiling.

• 7

  Install additional ceiling fans in rooms that don't have them.

• 8

  Open doors to rooms that need to be warm. Open doors from rooms where ceiling fans are running. This will facilitate warm air flow from room to room.

• 9

  Close doors to rooms that are not frequently used and do not need to be heated. This will confine warm air circulation to areas that you do use.