Making Heat Fall

QUESTION: We have 9 ft. ceiling and looking for ideas to draw the heat down.

ANSWER: Heat rises, a physical property we can’t change. A hood at your fireplace opening will “kick out” the heat more horizontally before it starts its upward travel. Hoods may be available from your local fireplace supplier.

A ceiling fan in rotating in reverse will push the heat downward. A word of caution if you do this – ensure the resulting draft does not adversely affect the flame characteristics of the gas log set, as this might impact the clean burn of the set.

Rasmussen neither manufactures nor do we have certified a blower for any of our gas log sets. A blower can interrupt the combustion process and cause soot to be produced, which is then blown into the room. We do not recommend the use of a blower with any of our sets.