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    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.

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      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.

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          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.

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            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.

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          Yeah, looks like you are right. I didnt expect it to be super much, but also expected it to be more than what is basically nothing.

          Would be pretty cool but i guess dats not how it do be working :(

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        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.

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          Keep in mind that most plants only process co2 by day

          Huh, did not know that. Damn, even nature has 9-5 jobs.

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        But plants need light to convert CO2. At night they actually use up oxygen. Those ungrateful pricks.

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    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!

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    experts say you should get rid of your ceiling because that’ll increase your vitamin D

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    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.

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      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.

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      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?

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        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.

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      Whatever the positives are. This are my reasons to keep it closed.

      1. Noise. It gets quite loud when my door isn’t closed.

      2. Temperature. I don’t wanna heat the whole hallway.

      3. Security. I don’t feel safe when the door is open.

      4. Mosquitoes. I don’t like having those in my room.

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    I got one of these for the bedroom because I was sick of using a stuffed animal to prop the door open for the cats.

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    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

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      weird late 60’s early 70’s makeshift door I have no way to replace it

      Oh there are def people on the Internet weird enough to want to fix it for free just cuz it’s weird