Ceiling Fan Installation

Do you use ceiling fans in your house? If you don’t, you should - ceiling fans are an energy efficient way to round out your home’s comfort, and you can use them all year long. If you’re looking for ceiling fan installation in Baltimore, Maryland, call Colonial Electric today!

Why should you install a ceiling fan?

Ceiling fans are perfect for maximizing your home’s comfort because they help you use more of the air from your HVAC system. What we mean by that is:

Ceiling Fans in the Summer

During the summer, running your ceiling fan counter-clockwise helps create a gentle breeze by circulating air throughout the rooms in your home – an effect that is enhanced the more fans you have. While this won’t actually lower the temperature in your home, it will make it feel cooler, often by a full four degrees! This allows you to raise the temperature on your air conditioner, which can save you significantly on your summer AC bills – up to 3-5% per degree! Better yet, on days when it’s not too hot outside (or in the spring and fall), you can turn off your AC altogether, throw open the windows and let the fans do all the work!

Ceiling Fans in the Winter

During the winter, ceiling fans can help move warm air through your home, making it feel warmer and generally more comfortable. You can think about it like this: since heat rises, the warmest air from your HVAC system is going to rise to the top of the room. A ceiling fan, running clockwise, will force the warm air up to the ceiling and then down along the walls, circulating the warm air gently closer to the floor without blowing it right down on top of you. Installing a ceiling fan and running it this way during the winter can offset your furnace’s workload, allowing you to dial down the temperature on your thermostat and potentially saving you as much as 10% on your seasonal heating costs!

For best results, you should install ceiling fans in every key room in your house – the family room, living room, dining room, etc. This will keep air moving through the whole house instead of limiting the ceiling fan’s area of effect to the room that the fan is in.

If you’re looking for an easy and cost effective way to round out your Baltimore, Maryland home’s comfort, call Colonial Electric today! Our expert electricians can take care of every step of the ceiling fan installation process, from installing fan boxes and switches to wiring and lighting!