On 2 Jul, 10:06, "Sam" wrote:
"Meat Blow" wrote in message

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No fan works really well if it's flush mounted.

I have a whole house fan that is flush mounted and it works great. much
better than my hanging ceiling fan.

Feel free to correct me if my assumptions are wrong, but...

I believe we are talking about 2 very different animals here. A flush
mounted whole house fan is not the same as a flush mounted ceiling
fan.

The main idea is that you have to have clearance behind the fan in
order for it to move air. If a ceiling fan is less than 10 - 12 inches
from the ceiling, it probably can't move enough air to do much good.
That's the type of flush mounted fan we're discussing here - the motor
is mounted directly to the ceiling with minimal clearance between the
top of the fins and the ceiling material.

I'm assuming that your whole house fan, which may indeed be flush with
the ceiling, has more than 10 - 12 inches above it.