Browse Forums What's New Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 8Aug 14, 2011 4:19 pm We are also having a ceiling fan discussion and did look at the ones that fold away when not in use. We went to Beacon Lighting to have a look at them, and found that the actual light is quite big and I felt a little too bulky. Good luck Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 9Aug 17, 2011 1:24 pm Hi teamtoscano, we did the same but were all set to go with the fanaways until I found these; http://www.lightingillusions.com.au/sho ... ades-light Much more like a low oyster light and much less bulky than the others. SK Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34120 Handover 23 Dec 11 Squatting 21 Dec 11 Fixed 12 Oct 11 Plastered 31 Aug 2011 Framed 7 June 2011 Site Start 7 Feb 2011 Land Titled 18 Jan 2010 Land Deposit 25 Jun 2009 Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 10Aug 17, 2011 3:42 pm ceiling fans are great, i grew up with them, would have them, except the OH (male) hates them. You can buy the ones that tuck their blades away. They are nice, mum has one in her main room. It does look a bit like a bulky oyster as teamtoscano says, but after a while, its not too bad. I think it would be fine on a high ceiling. For her bedroom, she has one with clear arms/fins (what do you call them), it doesnt ruin the look of the room, because you see right through it. The hanging down part is like an icecream cone, pretty. ceiling fans always look better in houses with higher celings, compared to older houses like mum mum's with the standard ceiling. only thing is, fans do require more cleaning. Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 11Jan 03, 2014 5:56 pm there are actually considerable savings to be had with new more efficent fans, you'll find quite a few old fans have quite high wattage levels (we have one that's rated to 160w!), yet the latest design (albeit, expensive) fans at their lowest speed offer 4w, pretty good considering aircon is in the thousands of watt's per hour. http://aeratron.org/e503/ HOWEVER. your best bet to keep the place cooler is not just a case of fans (fans are the last part of the equasion) you need to look at your building design/colours/cladding/insulation, I'm sure you could drop the temp drastically just by painting a few things white for example. Slooowwwwly getting a Manhatten 35 in Middleton Grange Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 12Jan 03, 2014 8:07 pm MR2 there are actually considerable savings to be had with new more efficent fans, you'll find quite a few old fans have quite high wattage levels (we have one that's rated to 160w!), yet the latest design (albeit, expensive) fans at their lowest speed offer 4w, pretty good considering aircon is in the thousands of watt's per hour. http://aeratron.org/e503/ HOWEVER. your best bet to keep the place cooler is not just a case of fans (fans are the last part of the equasion) you need to look at your building design/colours/cladding/insulation, I'm sure you could drop the temp drastically just by painting a few things white for example. Why all the old threads MR2? Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 13Jan 04, 2014 9:33 am well, Ceiling fans is one of those things they've recent made big changes to (or I think recently) with those new fancy fans they seem to be stating that they are moving far higher amounts of air and using far less power, seemed worthy to update the old threads rather than creating new? Slooowwwwly getting a Manhatten 35 in Middleton Grange Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 14Jan 11, 2014 5:55 am We put a total of 9 throughout our home. Use them all the time. With the new fans with remotes they just use your exsisting light switch wiring. I bought ours for around $150.00 from jdlighting. They are quite and all of them didnt need balancing. Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 15Aug 02, 2015 6:35 pm sorry to revive this thread, i've decided to add ceiling fans in the bedroom and living in my house, but still tossing between with fan incorporated light or separately ? the whole house will have led downlights everywhere and tot of just adding the fan.. any advise or which is better ? i know it will still come to personal preference, but wished to 'read' or 'listen' to those who have done either options on the pros and cons.. Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 16Aug 02, 2015 8:09 pm We are doing in-built light in fan in the smaller rooms (mainly bedrooms) because I think if you have down lights plus fan you will get visual disturbance from the fan blades rotating over the light. Hope that makes sense. In bigger rooms we will just have the fan with separate down lights Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 17Aug 03, 2015 8:53 am http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn161/annielee8/elecrtical_zpsz9swd5he.jpg I've attached the floor plan, what do you think on the small room ? Bed 2-3 sizes are 3.4 x 3.3 - only with 2 downlights.. Master and theater are both bigger with 4 downlights ... Bjhf We are doing in-built light in fan in the smaller rooms (mainly bedrooms) because I think if you have down lights plus fan you will get visual disturbance from the fan blades rotating over the light. Hope that makes sense. In bigger rooms we will just have the fan with separate down lights Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 18Aug 03, 2015 11:02 am To be totally honest I'm not sure how far away the lights would need to be from the fan to stop the "flashing light" effect. It might even be a total non-issue, it's just something somebody mentioned to me at one point and it has stuck in my mind. I'd say a lighting shop like Beacon would be able to tell you though, they're often really helpful over the phone too Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 19Aug 03, 2015 12:21 pm thanks for your advise.. googled and found this article.. http://www.charlstonlights.com/blog/tips-on-planning-your-home-interior-with-led-lights Bjhf To be totally honest I'm not sure how far away the lights would need to be from the fan to stop the "flashing light" effect. It might even be a total non-issue, it's just something somebody mentioned to me at one point and it has stuck in my mind. I'd say a lighting shop like Beacon would be able to tell you though, they're often really helpful over the phone too Re: Indoor Ceiling Fans 20Aug 03, 2015 12:43 pm The strobing effect of the lights through the fan depends on the beam angle of the downlights. Narrow angle ones can be reasonably close to the arc, but wide angle needs to be further away. For a 90 degree beam, theoretically, you need to offset from the arc by the same distance as the fan hangs from the ceiling (normally 300mm), but I'd allow a bit more. The problem with the small bedrooms in the plan is that with narrow angle lights, two corners of the room will be fairly dark, and with wide angle lights you'll get strobing. So I'd be inclined to use fans with integrated lights in those rooms, or go to four lower powered downlights. I'd also consider moving the fan in the living space to the left or right, so it's in the middle of a group of four lights, for maximum separation, but that could affect the desired air patterns and visual symmetry. 0 4998 thanks. the above one is white Mat tiles and have gripness so going for this Mat tiles for both indoor and outdoor. Beaumont told it can be used in both indoor and… 2 2369 Thank you @ashington Homes for your reply! They just got back to me and offered credit for me to just take it as is. 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