This is freaking me out. All windows are blacked out (plastic black curtains thumbtacked around window, then drapes over window frame), there is a window a/c unit and very very tiny bit of light coming from edges around the door.

So I'm sitting in the room watching a movie and it feels like i have to breathe harder to get air. I don't know if it's because the paint (and yucky smelling plastic blackout curtains) are still producing chemically smell after about week of installation.

Is there any way to test oxygen levels?

Help me. I don't want to die in the middle of Meet the Spartans. I have grander visions of my passing (involving Swedish stewardesses).

I am pretty darn sealed up with an in room portable AC unit running. I have never felt what you are describing.

Christ every hour he doesn't respond to the thread I get worried.

LOL

Well you could do a blower test. But I don't know that you can DIY that. They would put a fan on the door and measure the amount of air going out of the room. This would tell how tight the room is.

I'd rather go during that movie than in the middle of Waterworld :)

Back when I was doing my drywall work, I noticed shortness of breath here and there and wondered if it could have been from the drywall dust in the air. I did have sense to wear a face mask when I was working. I have since bought a drywall dust filter bag for my shop vac and that worked wonders. I have been down in my basement all week priming and painting and I don't feel those shortness of breath anymore...could have just been a fluke thing or something. It did raise some concern though! LOL!

http://www.medical-monitors.com/tripleoximeters.html?gclid=CIXPm5-6opQCFSCcnAodlySZgQ

Light a candle. If it starts to go out for the lack of oxygen, get out of the room.

Christ every hour he doesn't respond to the thread I get worried.

LOL

Classic

I assume the OP is pulling our collective leg. See the previous thread started about asking if he'll ruin is eyesight in a bat cave HT enviroment

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14187252#post14187252

I think you're fine. If you really want to be sure you're OK, check out one of these:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff52/carboranadum/Other%20Photos/5198m.jpg

It's an Pulse Oximeter (O2 sensor for the body) used by pilots. This will help you understand whether you're going to die from lack of oxygen (in your theater that is).

You can get on here: http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&did=19&product_id=11476

CJ

Whatever happened to the old bird in a cage trick??

Whatever happened to the old bird in a cage trick??

They make noise and you have to feed them.

Electronics only require batteries. :)

CJ

Thanks guys. The oximeter and the candle test are great.

I'm not pulling your legs. I seriously felt shortness of breath. But now, I can pause the movie, tell my guests to be patient for a minute, and pull out the oximeter.

Claustrophobic?

CJ

Thanks guys. The oximeter and the candle test are great.

I'm not pulling your legs. I seriously felt shortness of breath. But now, I can pause the movie, tell my guests to be patient for a minute, and pull out the oximeter.

Get a CO2 alarm, pronto (about $20 ar WalMart/Lowe's/HD). If you have a furnace or gas water heater, they may be causing CO2 to build up. The symptoms could be caused by CO2 as well.

CJ

Claustrophobic?

CJ


...or a really suspenseful movie?

Get a CO2 alarm, pronto (about $20 ar WalMart/Lowe's/HD). If you have a furnace or gas water heater, they may be causing CO2 to build up. The symptoms could be caused by CO2 as well.

CJ

Actually, you are thiniking about CO or carbon monoxide. CO2 is carbon dioxide. When CO2 goes up, your body starts to feel it and you can usually do something about it. When CO is present, your brain will keep on going like nothing is wrong right up until you are dead. (though some people feel euphoria, but still nothing is triggered to make you feel bad really)