I have what some would call a 'sun room' at the back door entrance to the house. Not so much sun room as catch all room plus part is used for food pantry. Since no heat duct in there, the door into the kitchen is usually left slightly ajar at night. Just past 1AM this morning, that door closed waking me since my bedroom is in the basement directly below the doorway. Instantly 100% alert, I stayed silent listening for movement. There's a creaky stair tread 3 steps down the basement stairs and a squeak in the floor near the doorway past the kitchen so anyone taking either path was going to make noise. Nothing happened but I wasn't about to write it off w/o taking a look.
P95, flashlight, and house slippers and I'm sneaking up the stairs taking care to avoid step #3. Yep, door is closed-no question it was open when I went to bed. Checked outer door and outside but nothing there either. Went through rest of house and nothing else amiss. Heart rate returns to semi-normal and back to bed.
I have a good idea what the cause was: The wind had shifted to the south and a random wind gust pushed a bit of draft around the back door seal perfectly timed with the furnace fan kicking on created enough air movement to pull the door closed abruptly. I do remember the furnace fan was running when I awoke.
Oh, well just write it off to a training exercise.
P95, flashlight, and house slippers and I'm sneaking up the stairs taking care to avoid step #3. Yep, door is closed-no question it was open when I went to bed. Checked outer door and outside but nothing there either. Went through rest of house and nothing else amiss. Heart rate returns to semi-normal and back to bed.
I have a good idea what the cause was: The wind had shifted to the south and a random wind gust pushed a bit of draft around the back door seal perfectly timed with the furnace fan kicking on created enough air movement to pull the door closed abruptly. I do remember the furnace fan was running when I awoke.
Oh, well just write it off to a training exercise.