Low Profile Ceiling Fans

A popular pick for anyone who has a low ceiling or a room that feels small are low profile ceiling fans. Also called hugger ceiling fans or flush mount ceiling fans, they mount directly onto the ceiling, allowing more clearance from the fan to the floor. Traditional ceiling fans hang about a foot from the ceiling, and are therefore a bad fit for lower ceilings. Ceiling fan manufacturers and interior designers, alike, advise that a ceiling fan should never hang closer than seven feet to the ground. Unless you have an enemy who is six foot five, you might want to take these experts’ advice when getting a fan for your low-ceilinged room.

Low profile ceiling fans have most features that you would expect of any other traditional ceiling fan. Available on the market in metal, wood, rattan, plastic, and acrylic, they will aesthetically offer any room what a traditional fan can. Two difficulties, however, with low profile ceiling fans may be a deterrent for some shoppers. First, because the fan blades are closer to the ceiling, air cannot circulate as easily. Of course, if you choose a low profile fan because you want something with less imposing design for your small space, less airflow may actually be fine for you. Further, because ceiling fans wobble and reverberate due to the motor, low profile ceiling fans are often manufactured with a smaller motor so that the base of the fan is not constantly banging into the ceiling. The blades, too, are slightly different, as they must lie at an angle more parallel to the ceiling. This also results in air not circulating as effectively. The second con is that low profile ceiling fans do not always include lighting as inherent to the design, since they are intended to be flush with your ceiling, When they do have lighting, the lighting is limited to a smooth, similarly low profile type of design that looks inherently contemporary, and may not be consistent with everyone’s interior design taste.

Low profile ceiling fans may be a great addition to a space (particularly in a limited one), and the price tags are fairly consistent with other traditional ceiling fans that are on the market, as well. The few drawbacks described may not be ones that resonate with you, if aesthetic considerations weigh more heavily for you than function-related ones.

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