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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toxicmolotof2 Aug 2016 20:25Neige schrieb:
Ventilation can also be done through the top frame.Of course, but even then you can skip using solid core, because the "noise" will find its way through the frame.
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toxicmolotof2 Aug 2016 23:52I have to admit I’m not sure about that. I just know that sound always takes the path of least resistance (so to speak).
As our architect said... what’s the point of a 180mm (7 inch) sand-lime brick wall and a well-insulated window if the noise (in our case, aircraft noise) primarily comes through the roller shutter box and the opening for the range hood?
As our architect said... what’s the point of a 180mm (7 inch) sand-lime brick wall and a well-insulated window if the noise (in our case, aircraft noise) primarily comes through the roller shutter box and the opening for the range hood?
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toxicmolotof3 Aug 2016 11:49You probably mean cm (centimeters), right?
That’s not much, but already quite a bit for sound.
That’s not much, but already quite a bit for sound.