Fan-tastic!

We have recently found out that there is only one vent in our bedroom and office.  This didn't become an issue until now, because as hot air rises, and these rooms are on the second floor, and we moved in in the fall,  we didn't notice that our upstairs doesn't get much air circulating. 

As Summer has reared its ugly head, and temperatures have been in the high 80s-90s the past few weeks, we have realized that our upstairs becomes a steam room.

In our desperation, we decided that a ceiling fan would work perfectly to meet our needs.

Off to Lowes we ran, as fans were on sale that weekend, and we bought one for the office, as it will soon become a nursery

The note on the box said: One person could install it in less than 45 minutes. 

Well that was only true if the person had 2 sets of hands, and was a licensed electrician.

It wasn't hard, on the contrary, it was surprisingly easy, the directions walked you right through it, it just takes a while as you are learning what to do.

The fan we got comes with a remote control, which almost turned out to be harder than the actual fan installation.  But we FINALLY got it all put together, and flipped the switch....

Nothing happened.

We stood there looking at it, as if we could will it to move.

We laughed nervously

THEN we remembered the remote!

We pressed the light button

Little did we know that there is a 2-3 second delay

It FINALLY turned on, and the fan turned on as well.

IT IS AMAZING!!!

It cooled the room down almost immediately!

It was so AWESOME, we promptly went out and bought another fan for our bedroom.

This one went quicker, as we learned from our mistakes. 

HOWEVER...

The bedroom one wobbles...

So I did the balancing kit, and stuck the adhesive weight on it and it voila!  Magic.

Well...

Until about 3am.  I got up to get a drink of water, and here a crash bang.  I looked around, and realized, by the now, viciously wobbling fan that the weight had flown off.  I turned the fan down and went back to bed

The next day, I stuck the other weight back on the fan, and it worked!  Again!

For about 10 minutes.  Then it too flew off.

Hmm.  What to do, what to do...

<<Light bulb>>

I'll super glue it!

Well that time, the adhesive stuck on but the actual weight flew off

Hmm...What to do, what to do...

Super glue and duct tape.  If that doesn't hold it nothing will.

We are on day 4 with no incidents! 

And both of us are sleeping like babies!