Three Soundproof Door Designs For Your Home Studio
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In this video I go over three soundproof door designs that you can choose to use in your home recording studio design. I talk about some of the pros and cons so you can decide which door is best for you.
1) Airlock Door System
The airlock design is my favorite. It gives you the greatest amount of soundproofing, gives you more space to store things, hang coats or put shoes away and it can also double as a recording booth if need be. The downside to the airlock is that it will cost more than the other door designs. The air lock as you can see in this diagram below consists of a small entryway room that has two solid core doors at each end. I think an L shaped room works best so the doors don't directly face each other. Along with the solid core doors you will also need to use weather stripping around the doors to make sure the seals are airtight.
2) Communicating Doors
Communicating doors are great because they are cheaper and still work well for soundproofing. If you look at the diagram below you can see how the process works. You put two solid core doors on each side of your wall which leaves a small air gap in between. Again you will need to add weather stripping around the door and magnetic weather stripping to make sure the doors are both airtight.
3) Super Massive Door
The super massive door is what I used on my studio. I liked the idea of having one door that would open and close rather than having to continually open and close to doors. The drawback to this door is that it is difficult to build, it uses lead which is toxic and it does provide a lot of soundproofing but for a door directly to the outside I wish I had used the super heavy door with another solid core door to create a hybrid of the two. When helicopters fly over I do hear a little bit of noise, but it is not enough to stop a session.
To build the door you will need a solid core door just like the other designs. Then you will add a layer of 8psf of sheet lead to the back of the door. Then you will add a layer of 3/4" plywood to the back of the sheet lead. In the end the door should way around 300Lbs and it is very heavy and slow moving. It certainly does the trick.
Another drawback of this door design is that the door does shift in the changing of seasons. So in the summer sometimes I have to adjust the deadbolt lock so that it will lock properly. These are not deal breakers but it is annoying.
All in all I think all three of these door designs will give you enough soundproofing in your recording studio. It really depends on if you want one door, what your budget is and how the door will fit into your design.
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