Ceiling Fan Not Pushing Air

Ceiling fan is not moving air simple fixes.

Ceiling fan not pushing air.

Nothing can be more annoying than a ceiling fan not doing its job circulating air. Depending on the age of the fan and how it was installed there can be numerous reasons for the lack of circulating air. If the fan is moving counterclockwise and you feel a rush of air it s in the correct setting for summer. We recently installed a ceiling fan in our new addition.

On a hot day you want to be able to feel the cool breeze of the fan. If your ceiling fan has a reversing functionality. Verify the ceiling fan is suspended to hang between 7 8 feet from the floor so the air is reaching the ground. If you don t feel much air movement it s possible that the fan is spinning in the wrong direction.

4 received 0 votes on 0 posts ceiling fan not pushing much air. There might be a quarter inch gap between the duct and the joist not enough to let much air out. Ceiling fan is not blowing air why. Ok i don t know what model it is but its from around 1990s i believe.

Thread tools search this thread 1 07 26 09 07 38 pm s. Ceiling fan direction for that cool breeze. If the fan blades are spinning and the blades are angled then one of the directions will push air down but it might not push very much because of the distance from the ceiling. My fan still doesn t feel like it s blowing air down.

Confirm the ceiling fan is spinning in the right direction. The fan is mounted on a 6in stem. Ceiling fan not pushing much air. There are a few other factors that will play into this.

See del mar fans lighting s article on ceiling fan direction. When they spin anti clockwise they push air down and when they spin clockwise they pull air up. Why is your ceiling fan not blowing air down. If you are unsure if your fan is turning the correct direction stand directly under the fan and look up.

When i bought my house the bedroom have 10ft ceiling and they had installed 52 ceiling hugger fans for some reason which barely moved air 5 or 6 feet down where people. Also a fan that is too. Problem most fans spin in two directions. If your ceiling fan is not moving air use the steps below to determine the cause.

Either clockwise or anti clockwise. The ceilings are 14ft high and are faulted.