Jokes on you, i actually lost the whole handle and the block with the the door lock when I was painting the door, and since this is some weird late 60’s early 70’s makeshift door I have no way to replace it
That’s a clever option too! I do like with mine that you can still choose to pull the door fully closed without any issue, but otherwise it’s locked in a fixed position so even if the cats get the zoomies the door doesn’t fly open as they dive through.
We’re low-tech and just use a rolled-up towel on the floor. We use it to soundproof the closed door at night (otherwise the cat whining wakes us up at 430am), and curl it around the open door to keep it from swinging.
Firefighters say to keep the door closed, it significantly increases your chances of surviving a fire. And if you smell smoke, FEEL IT before you try to open it. If it’s hot, go straight to the window.
Having said all that, I have a cat, and don’t have room for a litterbox in my bedroom, so open it is!
Her sainted predecessor slept out of our room but often with our kids. But she’s gone, the kids are independent adults in other states with their own cats, and this little cat started off too young to be left alone all night, so the pattern was set. The main difference now is she has the run of the apartment as well, and the litterbox and food are out there. I’m a pushover for a cozy feline.
That's funny because according to other experts you should sleep with your door closed in case a fire breaks out: Keeping the door closed can help keep (or at least delay) death from smoke inhalation.
Combined with a working smoke detector outside the bedroom this will save your life. Twice in my career I’ve gone into a house filled with smoke and had to wake people up to inform them their house is on fire.
Huh interesting. Searched out of curiosity, and I found 1 article saying you should close it as it will lower the temp throughout the night to allow for a more peaceful sleep and also for fire safety. Then right below was a link to another article stating you should leave it open as it will lower the temp via circulation. Fun, don’t think I’ve seen such mixed results.
I have a bunch of servers in my room that turn it into a jungle if I leave my door closed overnight, but even without that I feel like just a person’s own body heat would cause the temp to go up with the door closed. No?
Depends on the ventilation setup, size of the room, and how well insulated the room/house is. My old house, the room would definitely get hot if we closed the door at night. But in my current house, it gets a lot colder if we do. It’s just one of those things where all those variables above will likely be very different place to place, so there will never be a universal consensus that fits for everyone.
I guess it’s a matter of priorities. Some experts will deal a lot with air quality in their field, so they go kinda tunnel vision on that. And others (like firefighters) will be very focused on the fire safety aspect so to them that seems most important.
Personally I usually close all doors for fire safety except for my bedroom door because the air quality improvement is just too large. I can open a window, but it usually blows open further due to the wind. Then it becomes too noisy and cold. So I tend to keep it closed when it’s cold outside.
Air quality i assume, i started leaving it open after getting a CO2 meter in my room. Having a larger volume of air to pull from, massively reduces the CO2 level in your room. My morning level went from 2500+ ppm down to ~700ppm. If you have plants it probably helps a lot too.
Idk if thats what these “experts” are talking about but thats just my experience.
You’re thinking of CO, increased CO2 in the blood (which when dissolved becomes CO3+) causes increased anxiety and too much triggers suffocation panic. That’s why you can breathe in basically any other gas and just shut down calmly, but CO2 will have you scrambling.
That’s because the human body does not have a system to detect how much oxygen is in the blood, it only detects how much carbon dioxide is in the blood. When you hold your breath and feel the need to breath it is not caused by a lack of oxygen, but from a buildup of CO2.
That is why odorless gases are so dangerous. If there’s no oxygen in the gas you are breathing but also no CO2 the body thinks “this is fine” until you pass out.
Keep in mind that most plants only process co2 by day but there are some exceptions, afaik Sansevieria. But depending on the volume of you bedroom I would also recommend to leave the door a bit open to keep co2 levels at bay.
I have central air in my apartment. It’s dropping to below freezing at night right now. I’m not running my heater at night while also having a window blowing freezing cold air into my apartment.
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