I hope everyone is having a safe and fun Halloween. We were lucky to do one outing today over to our extended family pods’ house for an outdoors ‘haunted house’ and family party for the kids. It was great!
Now that the windows are permitted, we are just waiting for them to come in. We are getting Marvin brand, with a fiberglass outdoor finish and the wood interior. This is what we have in the back room of our house, and so far so good, although some of the hardware is starting to wiggle and seems a bit loose after only about a year or so. The lead time for delivery is 10 weeks! So that means we are firmly into 2021 for installation and then we have to contend, we hope, with rain. It’s been another extremely dry fall in California, so we are hoping that by January, we see something! However, the dryness would be nice for our installations.
While we wait for the windows, I have put out a RFQ to a local electrician to get a quote on a ceiling fan for our entranceway. This has been interesting because our ceilings are not that high, we have a very very, small crawl space above ceiling, and we have really old wiring. It seems as though we have an electrician who is open to all of that and will give us a fair price for installation/box/additionally needed work to get it done.
Next question is; what style fan!? I have a few favorites in mind, but some of them need a taller ceiling than I have space for- and I should say, I want a ‘fandalier’ which is sort of like the mullet of lighting fixtures!? It has a chandelier/multiple lights and a fan! Trust me, we need this air flow in our small house which has no central air and has been getting SO hot in the summer and fall. Also I realize I have to choose the correct scale for the room, not too low down, and so it will not overpower the space- another reason shopping online, while often a better deal, can be harder for me than in person.
Here are some ideas. How has having a celling fan worked in your space and what do you recommended?
Melissa Winning 