How do you make a bedroom less "stuffy?" (Partner sleeping conditions thread!)

[Buzzworthy]

Nice pussy

[summit]

ERV idea is something very interesting
So is the CO2 check but I sincerely doubt that's it

Shutting the door doesn't work cuz the cats gotta get to the litter box. Even if I moved that to the bedroom closet (yuck) instead of a closet under the stairs, opening the window has the noise issue (and I haaaaate earplugs).

I'll start with ceiling fan + air purifier and see what that gets me.
I'll also try to improve the heated kitty beds to see if they'll both go for that.

I very much appreciate all the responses. I'll work on some kitty pics.

[huckbucket]

JHFC ... enough with the cats. This aint the yootubes.

And you're all slipping. The clear anwer to the OP is der poopenhausen.

[kootenayskier]

We have hydronic heating in the slab, with an HRV handling the ventilation. With the bedroom temperature set relatively cool (17/62.6), it seems pretty ideal for my wife and l (but for her hot flushes, but that’s a menopause rabbit hole of it’s own). I knew (they’ve since passed) friend’s parents that liked to sleep cold, so maintained a bed on their screened in deck, which they used in our mountain town on all but the coldest winter nights. Seemed like a good solution, with no absurd heating bill.

[Timberridge]

Maybe she's allergic to the damn cats?

[riser4]

what the fuck did I miss here, i thought we were just complaining about cats on comforters

we started locking our cats out of the room. i feel like a jerk doing it, but our big one (aptly named Big Girl or Kisa) will just sit on our chest and paw our noses until we pay attention to her, and then as soon as one of us falls asleep she'll move over to the other one

anyway let's get this back on track we got either nudes of the girlfriend (she knows and is an enthusiastic, consenting participant), cat pics, or I can just spam McPhee's inbox with my personal man meat photo collection, got some real classics in there

fuck people who cunt this place up


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Chonkers!

[::: :::]

The ERV will solve this issue but it’s not gonna be cheap necessarily

Panasonic makes a low volume prepackaged unit for $500, but you still have to install it in a concealed space via a wall or ceiling and port out thru the exterior wall/roof without subverting your weatherproofing.

[summit]

The ERV will solve this issue but it’s not gonna be cheap necessarily

Panasonic makes a low volume prepackaged unit for $500, but you still have to install it in a concealed space via a wall or ceiling and port out thru the exterior wall/roof without subverting your weatherproofing.

Sounds like an install into the attic/exterior wall above the bedroom and probably not a DIY job.

Sounds like I should probably see if the fan / temp improves things first.

[Buster Highmen]

Window open is not an option, even if a blanket is used for a bedroom door which allows cat passage, but limits cool air into house?

[summit]

Window open is not an option, even if a blanket is used for a bedroom door which allows cat passage, but limits cool air into house?

I could hang a blanket or even cut a cat door into the bedroom door.

But it doesn't solve the exterior noise issue. I'd have to sleep with earplugs.

[riser4]

I hear ya on the noise issue. Can relate.

[AK47bp]

Time for a new girlfriend?

[::: :::]

Sounds like an install into the attic/exterior wall above the bedroom and probably not a DIY job.

Sounds like I should probably see if the fan / temp improves things first.

yes

[further, for others reading, the ERV & its ducts want to be INSIDE the thermal envelope of your structure, not in a cold vented attic]

[hikesalot]

In our house, the wife (me) controls the temp. And that definitely includes sometimes having a window open at night. Also a fan (pointed away from me) going, and - what you need- a sound machine with white noise. Any woman over, say, 40, can have crazy body temp regulation issues. Don’t spend a lot of time and money trying to correct the air, especially since she’s used to an open window. She’ll probably prefer the window open anyway. Get a sound machine to drown out outside noise, turn on a fan (not a ceiling fan which blows directly on you, a regular one that you can point towards you or away). Then take a gummy and sleep like a baby. You’re welcome. (preferably a gummy with THC and CBD, but CBD only if u can’t do THC).

[summit]

Sound machine has to be cranked up sleep-disrupting loud to drown out unmuffled jake brakes with the window open. I've tried.

The humidifier is/was the white noise generator for when the windows are shut.

[hikesalot]

Usually humidifiers aren’t very loud. Would a fan on high be louder?

[frorider]

Excited to see the legs this thread has

[summit]

I've used my cellphone as a white noise generator. It has to be unpleasantly loud if the windows are open. Like loud enough I might choose earplugs and I hate earplugs. The problem is extreme transients (5 seconds of unmuffled jake brakes for a gear shift 2-3 times a night), not constant noise. It is hard to block that with white noise when the window is open. Too much low frequency.

[lowsparkco]

I used to be very anti-ear plugs but have softened in middle age. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Personally, I think I would prepare another cat free warm and quiet sleeping area and go to bed with your girlfriend with the window wide open every night to mysteriously wake up somewhere quiet that you can sleep i.e. the guest bedroom. Sneak back in early if you think there’s a chance for some action.

[MarsB]

Room air purifier creates white noise and is significantly cheaper than some of the other suggestions here. It moves the air without directly blowing on you, a bit like a ceiling fan. If the goal is less stuffy, it would be worth a try on it's own before installing a ceiling fan.

[AK47bp]

Sounds like you’re just fucked summit.

[hikesalot]

Personally, I think I would prepare another cat free warm and quiet sleeping area and go to bed with your girlfriend with the window wide open every night to mysteriously wake up somewhere quiet that you can sleep i.e. the guest bedroom. Sneak back in early if you think there’s a chance for some action.

Room air purifier creates white noise and is significantly cheaper than some of the other suggestions here. It moves the air without directly blowing on you, a bit like a ceiling fan. If the goal is less stuffy, it would be worth a try on it's own before installing a ceiling fan.

Sounds like you’re just fucked summit.

All of these. Sorry. ....jake brake sound hard to cover. You're fucked. This might be the end of the relationship.

[XXX-er]

Any woman over, say, 40, can have crazy body temp regulation issues.

and all this time i thot it was me

[hikesalot]

and all this time i thot it was me

It IS you- it’s all your fault, too, as u know

[sb]

Summity move out to the country.