Soundproof Door?

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I'm located in a spareroom, above a garage. It's pretty nice, great for a studio because I can do anything to it. The only problem I have is noise leaking through to inside the house. I don't exactly know where, but I suspect it's the door. The current door is a firedoor (outdoor door). The room sticks off the house so the only spot noise could be coming through into the house is where you enter.

How do I go about reducing noise levels. When leaving my amp with a lot of feedback on and stepping out of the room with the door closed, there is literally no difference in volume and so it can be heard downstairs (yea, the feedback is a high frequency but regular playing can be heard).

There probably is a soundproofing door out there, but I don't know where to look and what to look at so that's why I'm asking. If you think replacing the door is unnecessary, then there probably is some material to seal the current door better. I guess it's required to have a firedoor if you have a garage door opener below the room, but it's not a problem. When my parent's sell the house, they can put it back on (that is if we take it off).

The room wasn't very well built but it's insulated with drywall. It has the truss design or whatever, the ceiling is is sloped on both sides. Could adding another layer of drywall help (or soundproofing fiberglass) to the one wall around the door. If so, that's a very small area so I don't think prices would be to bad.

Anyway, I'd like your opinion on this. Thanks
 
If the current door is hollow core, you are going to notice a dramatic improvement if you get a solid-core wooden door = density. Insulation around the door jamb and weatherstripping under the door would make an improvement, too.
 
agreed. the key to stopping sound is mass. a heavy door with good seals will help. Some manufacturers provide stc rated doors for commercial and industrial applications. Doors and windows are a common weak link. If you have space, constructing a vestibule with another door may help or even put two doors in tandem swingin opposite directions. Also, yeah, another layer of drywall will help with stc assuming it really is a problem. So, what is the problem? Are you pissing of the neighbors? or is traffic or outside noise bleeding into your recording space and onto your tracks? The word "soundproof" is a bit of a misnomer.
 
We live up on a big hill in the middle of the woods so no traffic (except dirtbikes snd 4 wheelers occasionly) and the closest neighbor is far away.

The problem is noise that gets to the rest of the house from the room. The bedrooms are in the hallway that you walk down to get to the room so at night I can barely hear myself playing (I record direct).

The wall between the room and the hallways is small and has the door so it's just that one wall I have to deal with.
 
If the room wasn't sufficiently insulated to begin with your in trouble and just not the wall.......... you've got ceiling and floor to contend with.
The whole room will act as a giant speaker and with a wood framed structure all frequencies will travel through out it.Bass will be the worst it will seem to have dissipated but magically appear in your neighbors house and thats when they call the authorizes about a noise complaint.
 
Well my neighbors are no problem becuase they deal with the dirtbikes, fourwheelers, snowmbiles, chainsaws and lots of other noise so me over 500 yards away isn't gonna bother them. Plus I have parents to deal with, it's just me up there jamming. All the other walls are and floor are ok becuase there's no rooms around them. I don't need the room sound tight, just something to reduce it to a tolerant level.
 
OK purchase an office divider or two -used- there out there and there cheap set them on dolly wheels to move them against the door once your in the room.
 
moresound said:
OK purchase an office divider or two -used- there out there and there cheap set them on dolly wheels to move them against the door once your in the room.
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good advice, you can do some acoustic treatment on the office divider

i also use my acoustic panels with feet for doing the same thing.

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=294578

i have also used a few spare panels without feet and just lent them up against the door, that way most of the sound is absorbed. that was just a ghetto temporary setup though

also im not sure what there called where your from, but here we call them a door snake. there like 3 feet long and look like a sock, there filled with sand i think, could be something else.

i just put one of them on the gap on the bottom of the door, then put the panel w/ feet in front of that and i can have my music as loud as i want. hardly anything gets out into my hallway at all.

like the other have said, if your willing to take the door off, pay for a new one (they can be expensive!) then you will have dramatic improvments with a heavier solid door.
 
Haha, I would love to go through a blast door into my studio but it's a little pricey.

For the office divider, that is a great idea but I'm not sure if it will fit. There's a closet so it's narrow when enter. I suppose I could block the whole area off, except the ceiling slopes in becuase of the roof.

What I think I'm going to do is get some rubber and fill around the door. When the light is on and I'm outside of the room, it lights up the hallway and there are around 1cm+ gaps which is a major contributer to the nouse leakage.
 
Richard Monroe said:
This bad boy will get the job done:

http://www.americanbombshelter.com/ASR-7200-BD-blast-door.htm

Sorry, I had to do it. It may not help, bit after the missiles fly, it'll be the only part of your studio left standing!-Richie
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I can see it now........ you make the perfect mix that will change all of humanity, ending famine /curing all illnesses /creating an all harmonious utopia. you open your studios blast doors to find that just previously Armageddon was unleashed with nuclear Holocaust....DAM IT. Guess I could see a movie in the making there Richard.

Farno ..you could just hang a few packing blankets up or go and get a few really really nice bed comforters off your parents bed and claim you have no idea where they went.
 
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