Dermot O'Loughlin wrote:
Thanks for your reply - the house is built - i'm second fixing at the
moment so i've no options other than a fan. What I want to know from
someone is does it matter if I install the fan close to the ceiling -
say 1 meter from it? Will this still have the effect of circulating
the air in winter when running the fan clockwise.


Stirring the air WILL help, maybe not as much as some other suggestions.
1m down sounds fine too. Don't worry about which way you run the
thing, all you need to do is to stop layers of hot air forming up-top,
while you shiver down at floor level.