I remember when we lived in fort Monmouth NJ, and there was no air conditioning. We had a fan that was huge on the second floor. I would guess it was 4 feet or more across. It was embedded in the wall much like this cartoon’s drawing. When it started it would open up flaps that kept out the rain and it produced a lot of air movement through the house.
I have an old house with one of those – a 4 ft wide attic fan. On a dry day – open windows in every room and get that thing going, it really freshens up the whole house. Just make sure the window screens are in place.
And it’s a great burglar deterrent. If they happen to walk up to this side of the house, they immediately get sucked in through the blades…and, you know…
Martin I over 5 years ago
Turbo-exhaust for burrito night.
whahoppened over 5 years ago
Did the blurb say something about ‘whole house vacuum’?
enigmamz over 5 years ago
Seems to me an alien already lives there.
macky87 over 5 years ago
“Whole House Fan” has been redefined.
Stevefk over 5 years ago
I wonder if they’ll be big fans of this house?
okiejoe over 5 years ago
This must be in England, the cars are on the ‘wrong’ side of the street.
J Short over 5 years ago
I remember when we lived in fort Monmouth NJ, and there was no air conditioning. We had a fan that was huge on the second floor. I would guess it was 4 feet or more across. It was embedded in the wall much like this cartoon’s drawing. When it started it would open up flaps that kept out the rain and it produced a lot of air movement through the house.
corpcasselbury over 5 years ago
It’s not every house that comes with its very own built-in wind tunnel.
ptnjbrown over 5 years ago
A spinning fan can sometimes be an opaque window. I am not sure a bedroom would be a good place for it from the neighbors point of view.
jbduncan over 5 years ago
Bet that house can fly!
wirepunchr over 5 years ago
If you smoke then it will clean out your ashtray too. ;-}
chromosome Premium Member over 5 years ago
Hope there’s a screen there, or they will have big-time bug problems.
drycurt over 5 years ago
I have an old house with one of those – a 4 ft wide attic fan. On a dry day – open windows in every room and get that thing going, it really freshens up the whole house. Just make sure the window screens are in place.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
And it’s a great burglar deterrent. If they happen to walk up to this side of the house, they immediately get sucked in through the blades…and, you know…
ekke over 5 years ago
Doesn’t NEED central air; it has PERIMETER air!
MCProfessor over 5 years ago
A hole house fan!
b95954297b48a54fcff8fddbcdef6b2f over 5 years ago
Whole house fan.