How To Reduce Sound Through A Door

Noise through doors can be disturbing and particularly if you want a quieter environment or will be generating noise that can disturb others outside of the room. Normal lightweight domestic doors have little or no sound insulation value and noise can easily penetrate the doors and leak around the sides and threshold.

The best way to soundproof these doors is to install a purpose made bespoke Acoustic Doorset that can have a soundproofing value of over 45dB but of course these are quite costly and only usually used in commercial installations.

For domestic use we can offer our own Acoustic Doorseal Kits to enable you to upgrade the sound insulation of existing lightweight doors and in many cases will improve the sound insulation to well over 30dB. See these kits here

These comprise self-adhesive acoustic seals for the sides and top of the doorframe to seal the door when closed.

Also included is a two part threshold seal to stop noise leaking beneath the door.

In addition, the kit comprises a heavy soundproofing mat that can be fixed to the doorleaf to add a bit more mass to help reduce noise coming directly through the door itself and full installation instructions. 

For a better result and if you are DIY orientated, the door itself can be changed for a much heavier, inexpensive 1 hour fire door and fitted with our Acoustic Doorseal Kits.