I've been looking for a way to soundproof my interior doors. I have a small house, with all tile flooring. Sound travels terribly. Tired of listening to noise from the kitchen while trying to sleep. Hoping these tips and tricks work.
I had juat been soundproofing my main appartment door yesterday, because the main hallway with a staircase is extremely noisy and echoy and everybody has cheap doors they have to slam shut to close them. I had been even often waking up from people yelling on the staircase or slaming doors at 7am. My main doors are cheap, nothing special, it is 4cm (1.5 inches) of compressed wood dust (not sure what the material is called, you mix ground up wood with glue and let it dry while being super compressed, the result is much heavier and denser than regular wood). Based on EU standards it should noise cancel 37dB. So not too bad but not great either. My main issue were big gaps between the door and the door frame, in the corners it was even close to 4-5mm (1/8th of an inch). So I bought some dense rubber straps mentioned in this video, and thicker double sided tape to thicken the straps in the corners. The main issue was that the gap between the door and frame was smaller in the middle and larger in corners, and you have to install the straps so that closing the door compress them quite a bit, but not too much so that you have trouble closing the door and straining the lock mechanism. It was quite a bit of work, I had to measure the gap around the doors and use either thinner straps, wider straps, wider straps with one layer of tape or with two layers of tape. I installed two rows of the straps, on the inner part of the door frame as well as on the outer part of the frame. It took me almost 2 hours, but in the end I have managed a good seal while being able to comfortably close the door. It improved the noise from the hallway quite a bit, it is not perfect and i can still hear quite a bit through the doors, but it reduced it to about a half.
I dont know why you say that blankets over the door dont do nothing, cause i installed a tons of thick blankets to my hollow door and it actually reduced the dbs of high and medium frequencies! And when i play loud music from inside the room, from the outside you can hear that there’s a big difference!
Hi thank you for your RU-vid content. In a doorway between 2 rooms, there are 2 solid core doors, one on either side of the door frame. Both rooms have a drywall and sound absorption attenuation system which works quite well considering it was retrofitted. Both doors are airtight, and weather sealed. One door has automotive sound deadening material attached to it. There is approximately 1.5 inches/ 40 mm of airspace between the two doors. Can you recommend a material that can be installed on the door, for that will maximise the sound attenuation through the doorway? The doors are rarely used.
Lol, a lil bit but nothing significant. Soundproofing is much much *MUCH* more extensive then putting a mattress in front of your door. And if your budget is that low that your resorting to putting a mattress in front of your door, then your simply not going to get a soundproof room. Soundproofing a room often involves tearing down walls, getting down to the bare studs, and in some cases even removing those studs, to alter the construction for adequate soundproofing. It can costs hundreds, or for bigger rooms one thousand USD in materials *alone* .
Hi there thanks a lot for your helpful video's. What about adding wood to the existing hollow core doors on both sides? Maybe like a dense wood mdf or something. Including the weather stripping and all that. That was my idea to save money
Hey man, thanks for sharing your expertise. My apartment door is very thin, so it lets in a lot of noise. Weatherstripping has already been applied all around. Any idea what could be done? Some people suggest moving blankets, but they do not look really good plus you say they are not really useful. Thank you!
im weatherstripping my room tomorrow, any difference between the before and after just wheatherstripping your apartment? It's not for me but to others reading on future I would've liked to know it
I'm thinking of cutting through a flat (no contouring or pattern) hollow door. Quite a light door. Removing the paper/cardboard inerds. Stapling a sound blanket to the frame. Then, if possible, fill the remaining space with rockwool. The door is 1 1/2" inches or 35mm deep. Will this deaden the noise? Will the extra weight destroy the door or door frame. The hinges seem sturdy and are painted in. The area around the door is carpeted. There is no space under the door. I can not replace the door as I live with my mum/mom. I have used the rubber strips which work but I would like more. Any suggestions?
As a first time viewer of your channel, I would like to offer my point of view and my experience watching it this video. I know that you didn't ask for it but there is something immensely obvious (for me) that I want you to become aware of, too! Here goes: You need better audio equipment. Please. As you are hosting a channel dealing with sound and audio, I felt an immediate drop of confidence because the audio quality of your video .... leaves something to be desired. Sorry. Because I truely believe you really know your stuff and have a ton of experience! I wish you all the best!
Hey, really nice video. I have a question. If I make something like an acoustic panel filled with mineral wool with the same size of the door, using 2 inches of density, and attached to the door, would that work to dim the sound?
No, it wouldn’t do much unfortunately. It will absorb noise and make the room sound better but won’t stop enough noise to make you happy in the end. Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for the great video. I still have too much noise coming through my solid core door after installing a door sweep and weather stripping. Would using mass loaded vinyl on the surface of the door be effective in reducing the noise transmission?
@@AceofDlamonds I used M-D Building Products 36 in. Silver Aluminum and Thermoplastic Rubber Commercial Screw-on Door Sweep (Model# 68247) from Home Depot. Yes, I have a threshold on the door.
Some good information. Clearing some misonceptions about "soound deadening/supressing" vs "sound proofing". Weather stripping. ..pepple considering this need to make sure the door FRAME and the edges of the door are parallel. That the door fjrame is as flat//straight as possible top to bottom. Which I think is difficult to have unless you bought a home from one of the best builders in your city....who wil likely use higher quality building material. All will want to save money on building materials to make money. So replacing a door frame/door with "sound suppressed doors" or "sound proof doors/framJ" specialty companies is the best. Question I have is do they have doors that look attractive?? And NOT look like exterior doors? Meaning do they look like "interior doors"?? :) ...I've only just started looking into "sound froof or deading doors/frames"... It's one thing to build a "recording studio" in your home where the door can be sold e.g. no windows. You might be putting the room in the basement of a home. But what if yoy're building a "piano room" on the main floor? Where You'd probably want French doors on the main floor...
Love your content. I’m finishing a basement and want some noise reduction between floors. I want access to plumbing and electric so I’m doing a suspended ceiling. Almost all the cavities have HVAC What are your suggestions.
Air is already a soft material. You want to add mass between the two layers. If you could fill the door with lead that would be best - but impractical.
I've a hollow door filled with sand. It's very heavy. Sealed with rubber. It blocks hi frequency noise like heavily rain but partially block bass noise like motorcycle's sound. Any suggestion to block the bass noise?
Watchout.. Solid Core Doors are HEAVY and if your door frame brackets aren't up to par its not going to screw in tight or allow adjustment to fit right.
filling in the gaps at the bottom and putting in gasket around the sides definitely makes a noticeable difference. I did that on my hollow core door in my bedroom and it took the edge off the unwanted sound outside for sure. I like thin foam weather stripping tho instead of the one he suggested, that one is often too thick and aggressive for the width of the door gap
@@Cody_OConnell yeah I filled the gaps with weather lining and got a solid core door. I noticed that filling the cracks made the most difference it’s awesome
No. Acoustic panels help get rid you of that unpleasant, echoey reverb sound that happens in an empty room, and give you more of that distinct, quiet sound that you notice when entering a movie theater. In short, acoustic panels improve sound quality, but do not stop, or lesson sounds from entering or exiting a room. Your answer is No
on this video "15 Best Ways on How to Soundproof a Door" you recommending to fill hollow core doors with spray foam and this video you recommending to filling with spray foam doesn't work.....
