tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post335222882780350176..comments2024-01-05T06:23:15.965-05:00Comments on Walnut Spinney: 99 in the shadeCarolyn at Walnut Spinneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06982368470253333616noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-82825254188773456322010-08-04T10:23:51.888-04:002010-08-04T10:23:51.888-04:00Dear Walnut Spinney,
I just have a quick question...Dear Walnut Spinney,<br /><br />I just have a quick question for you but couldn't find an email so had to resort to this. I am an environmental and advocacy blogger. Please email me back at barbaraobrien@maacenter.org when you get a chance. Thanks.<br /><br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-38878315793913831542010-07-31T15:43:26.137-04:002010-07-31T15:43:26.137-04:00Good luck sorting out a spot, LauraP. Our house h...Good luck sorting out a spot, LauraP. Our house has an almost perfect spot for the fan, where the hallway and entryway meet. In a house where doorways and fixtures were set in the oddest places, it was nice to find one thing that worked perfectly.Carolyn at Walnut Spinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982368470253333616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-55945808252029185472010-07-27T18:48:18.514-04:002010-07-27T18:48:18.514-04:00We had a whole house fan years ago and went 5 year...We had a whole house fan years ago and went 5 years without turning on the AC. They're terrific. We'll eventually figure out how to have one here in this house with all its attic and eave oddities.LauraPhttp://www.thelandofmoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-26545698998951475512010-07-19T16:04:07.038-04:002010-07-19T16:04:07.038-04:00Uh-oh. DH just read my reply, Debbie, and he says...Uh-oh. DH just read my reply, Debbie, and he says I have it backwards. We currently have a direct-drive and the one at the old house is belt-driven. Well, no points for knowing they're different if I can't tell you which is which, huh?<br /><br />I can say, with absolute accuracy, that our current whole house fan has a pull chain and the old one had a nice wall-mounted dial with variable speed. ;) Which DH says means this one was slightly easier to install, too.Carolyn at Walnut Spinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982368470253333616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-9439421569447808412010-07-19T11:10:12.151-04:002010-07-19T11:10:12.151-04:00Debbie:
Our current fan is a belt-drive. It is lo...Debbie:<br /><br />Our current fan is a belt-drive. It is louder than the one in our old house which was direct drive but my uncle gave DH this one when we moved. Brand-new and free vs. another expense when we had all the costs of just getting the house livable so we can move in? Yeah, I'm frugal... ;) <br /><br />Do miss the more variable speed, tho. This one is just high-low-off. If it ever fails or I have money to throw around (ha!) I'd probably replace it with the direct-drive type.Carolyn at Walnut Spinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982368470253333616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-73948389627881250602010-07-14T08:34:14.847-04:002010-07-14T08:34:14.847-04:00Am thinking we need to check into a whole house fa...Am thinking we need to check into a whole house fan. So is your direct drive or belt driven? I need to make the investment of new shades for our windows (lots of windows!) Ours are needing replaced but what a difference they make! <br />Debbie<br />(mothernature)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-20685766454808760202010-07-07T21:39:45.753-04:002010-07-07T21:39:45.753-04:00LOL! I wrote this post because I was tired of hav...LOL! I wrote this post because I was tired of having to explain how we can "survive" without a/c. <br /><br />Apparently a lot of people have experience with an attic fan but not so many have used a whole house fan because the usual response is "I didn't know they worked like that!" <br /><br />And an attic fan doesn't make <i>me</i> feel a damn bit cooler either no matter how well it may serve to exhaust hot air from the attic. Stay cool!Carolyn at Walnut Spinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06982368470253333616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6951421301916538500.post-91387340171162218632010-07-07T20:02:01.899-04:002010-07-07T20:02:01.899-04:00That was an informative post, Carolyn! I don'...That was an informative post, Carolyn! I don't think I realized how a full house fan worked before, but it does sound very effective. We had an attic fan, before we had a/c in our house as kids, but I never felt a damn bit of difference from that thing! It is definitely hot right now, isn't it!A Brush with Colorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638723986208929476noreply@blogger.com