Ventilated interior door for bathroom ??

gar32

I am planning to improve my bathroom & would like a door with Ventiation. Does any one sell them in Ireland? I have looked in B & Q and other places. I googled it too. I know I could add a vent to a door myself but it would be nice to buy a door for my Bathroom like this.

http://www.oknaduszy.pl/?prod=16


Thanks in advance

gar32

No door sellers online these days

Joey the lips

Nah.... thats not whats wrong. The concept is crazy that is all.

A draft through a bathroom door might sound nice but its not.....

If you want ventilation get a vent on one side of the bathroom and an extractor on the other.

This is propper building regulations...

Dardania

Joey the lips wrote: »

This is propper building regulations...

Is a door vent excluded by building regs? Bathrooms normally aren't separate fire compartments...

OP, the simple method of providing a make-up air route could be to undercut your bathroom door - to leave a slightly larger gap at the bottom between the door & floor...

Joey the lips

Dardania wrote: »

Is a door vent excluded by building regs? Bathrooms normally aren't separate fire compartments...

OP, the simple method of providing a make-up air route could be to undercut your bathroom door - to leave a slightly larger gap at the bottom between the door & floor...

Nothing got to do with fire regulations. Its got to do with dampness and the amount of air changes.

Dardania

Joey the lips wrote: »

Nothing got to do with fire regulations. Its got to do with dampness and the amount of air changes.

You're right about air changes - reading your previous post it looked like you were telling the OP that a vent in the door is wrong - it's not wrong, it's just not the full solution...

OP a vent in the door is good, but it needs to be supplemented by a fan to be truly effective i.e. achieve about 10 air changes per hour when someone is using the bathroom (rather than the lower but more consistent air changes from just passive ventilation)

Joey the lips

Joey the lips wrote: »

Nah.... thats not whats wrong. The concept is crazy that is all.

A draft through a bathroom door might sound nice but its not.....

If you want ventilation get a vent on one side of the bathroom and an extractor on the other.

This is propper building regulations...

Dardania wrote: »

You're right about air changes - reading your previous post it looked like you were telling the OP that a vent in the door is wrong - it's not wrong, it's just not the full solution...

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No i said just drafty and i stand over that but i agree with you that a lot of people would just fit one extractor and widen the gap at the base of the door but current building regs say this cannot be.

The reason being you are drawing hot air from the landon outside under the door. This is causing moisture on the floor as well as heat loss

All adds up to inefficiencies etc.

gar32

Thanks lads,

I live in an apartment with the walls of the bathroom on four sides as follows. My bedroom, hall, public hallway & people next door. I will have to go with gap under door. Maybe try dripp holes in a door I buy. thank you for advice

Enjoy

Max Moment

You could cut a section of the door out and fit a transfer grille like below. Or else fit a transfer grille in the wall above the door.

Alternatively, i'm sure a good door supplier would have no problem fitting a transfer grille to one of their standard doors if you were getting one supplied and fitted from them. Google door suppliers and you'll find one close by.

Although as the two lads said, you really need a good extractor fan in work in conjunction.

Dardania

OP, maybe look into a fan like this:

http://www.vent-axia.com/product/lo-carbon-centra-humidistat-timer-selv.html

Constantly trickles, then switched up its speed when there is humidity detected, or you switch on the light in the bathroom (so when you shower, or you use the toilet!)

DoneDL

You could leave the door alone and fit a fan as Dardania suggests but use a motion sensor to activate the fan.

Dardania

DoneDL wrote: »

You could leave the door alone and fit a fan as Dardania suggests but use a motion sensor to activate the fan.

I personally wouldn't recommend a PIR at all, based on my personal experience in my apartment..

Our fan is a single speed (i.e. on/off) and presence controlled, and is located close to the door, do the fan comes on whenever someone walks past it at night, so if you get up in the middle of the night you inevitably set it off, and as the fan is single speed (and quite well able to clear the air as required in 15 minutes, so it is a high speed) it is quite loud for the run on time...