Gap Under Bathroom Door For Ventilation

The flow dropped from an unrestricted 150 160 cfm down to under 100 cfm in each room.

Gap under bathroom door for ventilation.

This is less than desirable in bathrooms and bedrooms. If more gap is required it is easier to trim a door than to lengthen it. There should be plenty of room under the bottom of the bathroom door to allow air to get into the room so the fan has a source from which to pull the air it needs. My mom has a house with a central return and as you suggest her doors have about a 1 5 gap underneath to allow air to flow.

I think it is too big and think a 1 4 1 2 gap would accommodate any unevenness in our floors and allow us to use area rugs. I have a problem with the door vents you are passively promoting. If the bathroom vent can t get any air of course it isn t going to work the right way. A 10mm gap under the bathroom door is very usefull it allows the fan to work easier as it can draw in air and because its from within the house it stops the bathroom.

I like the suggestions for wall ceiling jump ducts etc. However the size of that gap is very unlikely to be greater than 1 2 for any door. 7 mistakes not to make in your bathroom remodel do let your. There is a need for an air gap at the bottom for ventilation.

Check your bathroom door. My contractor just hung our fancy dancy un painted solid wood door slabs in my 100 year old house with solid hardwood floors throughout. If your door has very little or no clearance at the bottom you. Using the link you have provided it has a picture of a french full lite door with a vent that has removed a significant part of the door s base.

The jumper makes sense in some cases.