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    Re: Help with room ventilation

    My first thought would be a Dutch door (ie. a barn door with independent bottom and top halves), but a cat could easily scale that, and they aren't meant for screened-in situations. I've had family cats who have forced their way through locked cat-doors/flaps (screened or otherwise), so a smaller-scale locked screen situation may not work.

    Do you have central AC? If so, your best solution may be to add a new vent to your reptile room. It'll be expensive, but it may be cheaper than installing a new window. I can't think of anything else beyond adding a window and a window-based AC unit.

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    Re: Help with room ventilation

    Quote Originally Posted by jmcrook View Post
    Not a bad idea. Obviously would have to fiddle with it until you get the temps dialed as desired, but it could work. Then when you need the room to stay warmer/heated you could hang a blanket or something over the vent to cover it.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Not sure why I didn't think of putting a blanket or towel over the vent. That's definitely worth a shot! Thanks a ton!

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    Honestly I'd be worried that you could also end up with a mold issue with all that warmth & no ventilation. I know it's more expensive & more effort, but IMO the best thing would be an up-duct- with a fan, like they install in bathrooms. You definitely need something for that "room", so you're not cooking your snakes- they shouldn't be 84-85* with no options to be cooler, & what if something comes up where you can't be home to open things up sometime- you know, things "happen"- I wouldn't want to risk harming my animals.
    Mold doesn't really scare me because I gutted that entire room and used mold resistant drywall and paint. I knew the humidity in that room could pose an issue so I wanted to be preemptive on that.

    As soon as I crack the door the room almost immediately cools down a few degrees but yes I do need to figure something out for the animals sake cuz I'm not always home.
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    Re: Help with room ventilation

    Quote Originally Posted by WrongPython View Post
    My first thought would be a Dutch door (ie. a barn door with independent bottom and top halves), but a cat could easily scale that, and they aren't meant for screened-in situations. I've had family cats who have forced their way through locked cat-doors/flaps (screened or otherwise), so a smaller-scale locked screen situation may not work.

    Do you have central AC? If so, your best solution may be to add a new vent to your reptile room. It'll be expensive, but it may be cheaper than installing a new window. I can't think of anything else beyond adding a window and a window-based AC unit.

    Good luck!

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    We do have central air and there is actually a vent only a few feet from the room. Without going into a ton of detail on how my house is laid out, I could put up a wall and then that vent would be in that room. It would add about 2 1/2 foot to that room so that might not be the worst idea. Thanks!
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    Re: Help with room ventilation

    Quote Originally Posted by jmcrook View Post
    Gotcha, I guess I kinda glazed over the bathroom fan suggestion which would probably help a bit. I was just trying to find solutions that fit toads criteria which were not cutting holes in his ceiling.


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    Re: Help with room ventilation

    Quote Originally Posted by Toad37 View Post
    I have a 12" box fan in there that is always on just to circulate the air. I thought about cutting a hole in the door and putting a metal vent in it towards the top. Like the kind you would normally have in a closet that has a hot water heater or furnace in it. Would that let too much air out? If it were just a stationary vent that wouldn't open or close?
    You could put something like this in the door, one in the top and one toward the bottom

    https://www.lowes.com/pd/Accord-Vent...-in/1000033685

    Then you could control how open or closed they are and with a box fan blowing out thru one it should pull air in thru the other.

    If the outer room has a/c it might pull in cooler air while pushing out how air, and you can close them up in the winter if needed.
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    Re: Help with room ventilation

    Quote Originally Posted by Gocntry View Post
    You could put something like this in the door, one in the top and one toward the bottom

    https://www.lowes.com/pd/Accord-Vent...-in/1000033685

    Then you could control how open or closed they are and with a box fan blowing out thru one it should pull air in thru the other.

    If the outer room has a/c it might pull in cooler air while pushing out how air, and you can close them up in the winter if needed.
    This is kinda what I had in mind although I didn't think of putting 2. Thanks for the advice I might give the 2nd one a shot.
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