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Usually ships in 4-5 business days | | | | | | 24" direct drive whole house fan with automatic shutter (4500 cfm) pulls air from a house size of 1500 square feet. 110v runs on high & low, with a 2 speed pull chain included. You do not have to cut joist when installing fan for easier installation. It needs 864 square inches of open exhaust vents in attic space. The automatic shutter is white and the rough opening is 27-3/4" x 29". There is a 10 year limited parts warranty and a 5 year limited labor warranty. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 31.25 inches | | Product Width: | 10.5 inches | | Product Height: | 30.75 inches | | Package Length: | 31.6 inches | | Package Width: | 30.2 inches | | Package Height: | 10.2 inches | | Package Weight: | 36.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 14 reviews |
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| | Features | Air Vent #54301 24" Whole House FanAIR VENT INC.
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 14 customer reviews )
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115 of 117 found the following review helpful:
 A Great Fan That Can Be Installed To Be Very Quiet Aug 08, 2008
By John S. Bowling
"John B"
I've put in three whole house fans over the years. I installed this one a few days ago and am very pleased. I deviated from the instructions in two ways to reduce noise. First, I never follow the advice to put the fan in the middle of the house. I put it as far away from the master bedroom (no children) and around as many corners as possible. In this case, after finding I had an unusually tight-fitting garage door I put it in the ceiling of the garage. My door fits so tightly I can see no light around any edge, so the fan will produce a vacuum in the garage and pull through the door to the house if blocked open. That put it even farther from the MBR and around more corners than anywhere else in the house. Second, I stapled dark gray foam pipe insulation, the kind available in 6' lengths at HD or Lowe's, around the bottom and outside edge of the wooden fan frame. I cut one of the lengths of 1" insulation in half lengthwise and wrapped it over the bottom and up onto the side, maybe an inch, all around the base of the fan's frame. That prevented direct contact between the fan's box frame and any ceiling joist. I installed lumber between the joists under the frame and the fan sits on that (plus the teeny normal contact point on the center joist). I did not bolt the fan down (noise), but just put 1x4 lumber around the edge to keep it from going sideways. The 1x4 touched the foam also, on the sides. Since the fans pulls itself down as it pushes air up, floating the fan within the confines of the 1x4s around the edges holds it place nicely. With a separate 12-hour timer I can go to be with it running and it shuts off after things cool off. The fan is quiet enough that you can talk in a normal voice in the garage while it is running on high speed. By the way, it makes no difference where you install this thing as far as effectiveness goes. A vacuum in the house is a vacuum in the house. It will pull nicely from wherever you open a window or door. Installation took 5 1/2 hours plus about 1 1/2 for the timer because I had to fish an insulated wall and because I bought the wrong kind of electric box for the timer. If you use a timer, buy an electric box for "old work." It is made to install in the sheetrock, not to be nailed to a stud and will go much faster. Be sure to block open any door that can slam before you turn the fan on. Doors will slam shut HARD and maybe break something. I thought this fan might be too small, but it's not. When they tell you it's good for a 1500 sq ft house, it doesn't really mean anything. This house is considerably bigger than that. The size of fan has more to do with how many doors and windows you can open and still get enough air movement. With this one, you can get a very gentle breeze with one door plus one sliding glass door (we have no bugs). I really like my foam invention. This fan is noticeably quieter than my previous fans. You will need a helper to install the shutter. You can't hold it up and install a screw at the same time; at least I can't.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
A very quiet Fan... Sep 02, 2010
By V. Dobbins
This is a really great Fan! After my $[...] rebate from my electric utility, I ended paying about $[...] for this item. I performed the installation in accordance with the instructions and this unit is very quiet, other than the whoose from the wind going up into my attic. To be truthful, I was fearing the noise but this unit makes less noise that my stove exhaust fan! I am a happy camper with this deal, when it switched on it produces a nice cool breeze inside my home. My advice is use the template that comes with the fan, take your time, and follow the simple installation guide.
Good luck with your next project!
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Amazing Results May 07, 2011
By Shawna Holley
I can hardly believe how effective this fan is. Our home is not an open floor-plan, so we used to struggle with getting airflow in different rooms. This whole house fan creates a nice breeze throughout the entire house (1800 sq ft). I installed this in the center hallway, and I can feel the air drafting through the furthest windows. Since you do not need to cut through ceiling joists, I was able to easily install this by myself. The most difficult part was ensuring that everything was centered before cutting through the sheetrock. I also wired this to a switch and left it on the high setting instead of using the pull chain. I work very slowly and methodically so it took me 6 hours to install, but an experienced handyman could do this in half the time. Throw away your window fans and invest in a whole house fan. You will be so happy that you did.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Greatest thing since sliced bread May 28, 2011
By non-tech guy
"non-tech guy"
Pro: the company: I thought there was a problem with the fan I received (it turns out there was not), so I called Attic Aire. they were extremely friendly and helpful people. Attic Aire gets an A+ for customer service. Actually, it was a desire to give them recognition for their terrific customer service which made me want to write this review in the first place.
Pro: I too mounted the fan on a thick piece of heavy wall insulation (bought from a big box store); there is very little vibration and the noise is not an issue, we don't notice it at all. I bought the 24 inch fan, perhaps the larger fan creates more vibration and noise.
Pro: we have used the fan almost every day, even when it's not hot, since I installed it: it maintains a gentle breeze and keeps the air inside the house very fresh (which can be a problem when your daughter has two house cats).
An installation idea: as mentioned, I bought the 24 inch fan; the fan comes assembled to a wooden frame; this frame is about 27 or 28 inches across. But the rafter the fan has to sit on are 16 inches apart on center (the distance across three rafters, then, is about 34 to 35 inches). So I cut 1/2 inch plywood about 36 x 36 inch square, then cut a square hole (about 25 inches across) in the center of the plywood so the fan would sit on top of the plywood without falling through. I had to cut the plywood in half in order to get it into the attic, but that did not create any problems. I then attached the heavy duty (fire-proof) insulation styrafoam to the rafters, mounted the plywood on that, then mounted the fan onto the plywood.
Another installation idea: I did almost all the work from inside the room where the fan was installed, staying out of the attic until the end: cut the hole in the ceiling, then through this hole secured pieces of 2x4's between the rafters, then mounted the insulation, then the plywood, then the fan, then attached electrical wires to the fan, then pushed the wire cable into the attic. it was only then that I turned off the power to the house and climbed into the attic to wire the fan to the house electrical system (I really don't enjoy crouching around and balancing between rafters in the attic -- and needing that one tool left by mistake in the downstairs).
Good luck with your project.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Great fan - Was made for a do-it-yourselfer Mar 16, 2012
By mattchew
This fan runs great and I think its quieter then the box fan that I used to have in my front window. Its also allot cheaper then the 3 or 4 fans that we had running 24hours a day to try and keep the house cool. The whole house fan does a better job hands down then 3 or 4 fans running around the house. At night when my house would get very hot I would have a very hard time trying to get the air out and the cool air in. With the whole house fan I run it for for 10-15min and I got cool air inside. This fan works great when its hot outside like around 85 degrees or so, when you run the fan the windchill makes it feel allot cooler then it really is. Thats another thing to think about, around the house it just feels like a nice cool breeze like your outside under a shaded tree with a nice comfortable breeze. Another bounus to think about is that the fan blows air into the attic and attic air gets forced out so you get a normal outside temp inside the attic which helps keep it cool, allot of heat gets transfered to the living space when it gets super hot in the attic, with whole house fan this is not the case. This fan pulls air in so well that any window you open creates a nice breeze to form and anywhere around that room or window it feels great.
Now for my personal notes and experiance with this product.
I'm going to mention this first because I think its very important -
The fan requires allot of attic ventilation to work well, I have an older house with only 2 small gable vents. This was not enough I needed allot more, I installed several large vents onto my roof so now my fan works great but.... I voided my warrenty on the roof, its a bran new roof and my warrenty is now void and I only figured that out by talking with someone about the vents on my roof after the fact. So now I have to make sure I pay extra close attention to the condition of my roof for problems and such.
You may have to install studs to support the fan, its made to sit on top of one of the rafters. This depends on how your house was built and how far apart the rafters are, This is not a big deal I just cut up some 2x4's and nailed them in between the rafters. Just an added cost and more work to think about.
The shutters apear to be low quality and kind of snap into the side of the frame and held together by some pegs and some of those pegs slipped out, I was able to sort of force the pegs back into their slots so the shutter would open and close easily but I'm not sure if I did extra amount of damage by forcing the pegs in the slots and I used quite a bit of force to make this happen, I am glad this thing is on the celing where no one could play with it because it would never last. It works great with the fan because it does not force the shutter open to work or close it with force so I am sure it will last a while, just be careful with it out of the box.
One last complaint and thats the wood frame the fan uses, Its not even, and looks like it was just nailed together in a hurry, the ends were not flush and one corner was sticking out where it was ment to meet the other corner, the bottom of the frame was the same way. The instructions tell you to use some rubber insulating tape to reduce vibration, and the areas that were not even I just used more tape.
This fan Is great It has awesome instructions that any do-it-yourselfer or weekend worker can understand, The instructions make sense and are not confusing, it was just a very easy thing to install. Hands down one of the easiest things I have ever had to do around my house.
Overall great product, easy to install, runs smooth and great, does what it suppose to, saving me tons of money running for pennies a day.....If you get this fan just You must be able to think outside the box! If you buy it have a happy cool day!
And finnaly my last suggestion. If you get this fan ( and I'm sorry if its in the instructions and I overlooked it ) when putting on the fan blade make sure you leave 1/8 inch gap or so between the blade and the motor, I had the blade go all the way on the motor and when it would run it would make the worst squil in the world.
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