What do y’all think about overhead fans? Our 1 1/2 story cabin is currently heated by a wood burning stove. Much of the heat (hot air, that is) rises to the second story through a very open stairwell. There might be times when we are more concerned with keeping the first floor warm and the second floor relatively cool. So an idea is to install an overhead fan in the ceiling above the stairwell to push some of the warm air back down. What’s the current thinking on this issue?
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They go round and round. Sometimes they come down, if not properly fastened.