A hot upstairs in July usually has one of two fixes: get the heat out of the attic, or pull cool evening air through the house. We install, replace and wire both kinds of fan.
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Next Phase Electric installs, replaces and repairs attic fans and whole house fans in homes across South King and Pierce County. An attic fan sits on the gable or the roof and pushes hot air out of the attic. A whole house fan sits in a hallway ceiling and pulls cool outside air in through open windows, which suits Western Washington, where summer nights usually cool off. Replacing a fan in the same spot is often a few hours. A new fan where there was none takes longer, because we check the attic venting and the power first.
From a dead motor to a new fan in the hallway ceiling.
The old fan hums, rattles or has stopped. We swap it in the same opening, check its temperature control, and confirm it shuts off when the attic cools.
A fan in a central hallway ceiling, with an insulated damper that closes in winter. Sized to the house and to the attic venting it pushes air through.
A wall timer, a speed switch or a remote, so the fan runs for set hours and never gets left on by mistake.
A fan that will not start, trips its breaker or runs nonstop. Often the temperature control or the motor, sometimes the wiring. We test before replacing anything.
Three things decide whether it actually cools the house.
A fan can only push out as much air as the attic vents let escape. With too little venting it strains, or pulls air from the house instead. We check the vents before sizing anything.
A whole house fan needs windows open whenever it runs. With the house shut it can pull exhaust back down a gas appliance flue, which is why the control and the habit matter.
Every fan needs a switched feed, and a large whole house fan sometimes its own circuit. We wire it to a timer or speed switch so it is easy to use and hard to forget.
Both cool the house. They do it in different ways.
| Attic fan | Whole house fan | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it goes | On a gable wall or the roof, up in the attic. | In a hallway ceiling, venting into the attic. |
| What it moves | Hot attic air, out. | Air from the whole house, up through the attic and out. |
| When it runs | Hot afternoons, switched on by its temperature control. | Evenings and nights, with the windows open. |
| Best for | A hot attic baking the upstairs ceilings. | Cooling every room once it is cooler outside than in. |
We install the fan you bought, or tell you what size the house needs. A brand-new roof-mount fan needs a hole cut and flashed in the roof, which is roofing work; we tell you before the day.
Licensed, bonded and insured. Background-checked crew.
Tell us which fan it is, whether it runs at all, and send a photo of it or of the hallway ceiling. A technician reaches out within 1 business hour.
Venting, access, the wiring that feeds it, and the size the house needs. Exact price before any work.
Fan in, control wired, run through a full cycle with you, packaging taken away.
Three things set the price: whether it is a replacement in the same spot or a new fan, how easy the attic is to reach, and whether it needs new wiring or its own circuit. A like-for-like attic fan swap is the shortest job. You get the exact price before any work starts.
For a new circuit, a new switch or anything at the panel, yes. That is electrical work, and new wiring gets a permit, which we pull. Swapping a fan on its existing wiring is simpler, and we do those too.
We test it first. A failed temperature control, a loose connection or a tripped breaker is a small fix. A seized or burnt motor on an older fan usually means a new fan, because the motor alone is rarely worth replacing.
An attic fan only clears the attic. A whole house fan pulls air through the living space, so it cools the rooms themselves, as long as the windows are open and it is cooler outside than in.
Often, yes. Summer nights here usually cool off well below the daytime high, and that is exactly when a whole house fan does its work. On the few hot, still nights it does less.
Yes. A wall timer is the most common, so the fan runs for a few hours and shuts off on its own. Speed switches and remotes work on most newer whole house fans.
Yes, where the attic has room and enough venting. For a whole house fan we cut the opening between the ceiling joists, run the power and wire the control. We look first, then give you the exact price.
Book online or call. Tell us which fan it is and whether it runs.