Hello dear forum members,
I would like to ask for your experiences regarding sound insulation in interior doors.
Last year, we had our own house built and also did a lot of the work ourselves. Among other things, my father (a longtime carpenter/joiner) and I installed the interior doors by ourselves. I have read a lot about home construction... but some topics, like the one mentioned above about interior doors, took a bit of a backseat. Honestly, we focused more on appearance and price than on function. In the end, we chose what we think are visually appealing interior doors with honeycomb core. After several months, however, I have realized the reason for the low price... in my opinion, the doors provide almost no sound insulation. Since we have a very open living area, a lot of noise carries into the upstairs rooms. I might be able to live with that if we didn’t have small children who are very light sleepers...
By now, I have come to the conclusion that “buying cheap means buying twice.” So at least I want to replace the doors on the upper floor. But how much improvement does such a replacement really bring? Since the doors need to fit the existing frame, the selection is limited. I have now found doors with a tubular chipboard core... does that already offer a meaningful improvement? Or do you need a solid core door?
With the current interior doors, I cannot notice much difference between closed and open. Does anyone have experience with how much sound insulation different door cores provide? For example:
- Honeycomb core / 20 dB
- Tubular chipboard frame / 40 dB
- Tubular core / 50 dB
- Solid core / 55 dB
The goal is to figure out whether it makes sense to choose a certain core type. If the difference between solid core and tubular chipboard frame is small, then tubular chipboard is enough for me... if only the solid core really improves sound insulation and the difference between tubular core and honeycomb core is barely noticeable, then I can save myself the tubular chipboard option...
What kind of doors do you have and how satisfied are you with the sound insulation?
Best regards,
Basti2709
I would like to ask for your experiences regarding sound insulation in interior doors.
Last year, we had our own house built and also did a lot of the work ourselves. Among other things, my father (a longtime carpenter/joiner) and I installed the interior doors by ourselves. I have read a lot about home construction... but some topics, like the one mentioned above about interior doors, took a bit of a backseat. Honestly, we focused more on appearance and price than on function. In the end, we chose what we think are visually appealing interior doors with honeycomb core. After several months, however, I have realized the reason for the low price... in my opinion, the doors provide almost no sound insulation. Since we have a very open living area, a lot of noise carries into the upstairs rooms. I might be able to live with that if we didn’t have small children who are very light sleepers...
By now, I have come to the conclusion that “buying cheap means buying twice.” So at least I want to replace the doors on the upper floor. But how much improvement does such a replacement really bring? Since the doors need to fit the existing frame, the selection is limited. I have now found doors with a tubular chipboard core... does that already offer a meaningful improvement? Or do you need a solid core door?
With the current interior doors, I cannot notice much difference between closed and open. Does anyone have experience with how much sound insulation different door cores provide? For example:
- Honeycomb core / 20 dB
- Tubular chipboard frame / 40 dB
- Tubular core / 50 dB
- Solid core / 55 dB
The goal is to figure out whether it makes sense to choose a certain core type. If the difference between solid core and tubular chipboard frame is small, then tubular chipboard is enough for me... if only the solid core really improves sound insulation and the difference between tubular core and honeycomb core is barely noticeable, then I can save myself the tubular chipboard option...
What kind of doors do you have and how satisfied are you with the sound insulation?
Best regards,
Basti2709
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toxicmolotof4 Aug 2016 15:22What exactly is a heat pump in a heat pump dryer if there is no compressor?
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Sebastian794 Aug 2016 19:29Without appropriate overflow openings, the system does not work properly—or at least not efficiently.
This has nothing to do with a vacuum, but with an even air exchange.
It wouldn’t be the intended purpose if it didn’t work well, right?
This has nothing to do with a vacuum, but with an even air exchange.
It wouldn’t be the intended purpose if it didn’t work well, right?
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Sebastian795 Aug 2016 05:48Oh, right, but you want the other doors to stay closed, don’t you? That’s not just because of the washing machine.
And when the dryer is running, the system should work well too.
And when the dryer is running, the system should work well too.
I am currently facing a decision regarding interior doors.
Besides standard interior doors, there are also so-called apartment entrance doors being offered as interior doors.
Does it make sense to use these in the bedroom, children’s rooms, and home office instead of the conventional ones? We have a very open house with a gallery, and maybe this could help reduce noise transmission a bit?
Standard doors would then be hollow-core doors (without a stile), and the apartment entrance doors would have soundproof fillings with a 40mm (1.57 inch) door leaf thickness (37dB Rw,P) as well as an automatic drop seal.
What do you think? Useful or over the top?
Besides standard interior doors, there are also so-called apartment entrance doors being offered as interior doors.
Does it make sense to use these in the bedroom, children’s rooms, and home office instead of the conventional ones? We have a very open house with a gallery, and maybe this could help reduce noise transmission a bit?
Standard doors would then be hollow-core doors (without a stile), and the apartment entrance doors would have soundproof fillings with a 40mm (1.57 inch) door leaf thickness (37dB Rw,P) as well as an automatic drop seal.
What do you think? Useful or over the top?
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