Udaman
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I have a HT room upstair that need some soundproofing work or at least minimize the sound leakage to the other rooms. When I listen to music, in moderate level, the sound can be heard throughout the house. Dummy me, I should of done some research when the builder was working on the house.
Anyways, the HT room is upstair with an adjacent bedroom, vacant for now. The adjacent room is along the 13' wall (no insulation) of the HT. There are a couple of bedrooms below the HT. The HT has doube hollow doors.
From what I research so far, the first and cheapest thing to try first is to replace the door with solid wood door, add insulation seal on the door frame, add door insulated sweep at bottom and add that 'thingy' (don't know what you call it) that attaches to one of the door and seals the gap between the two doors when it's closed.
I may add insulation to the 13' wall later if it's still a problem afterwards. The HT floor may be another problem which could be costly to soundproof.
The problem is there are so many products out there that I don't know what works. I can't find the 'thingy' or the bottom door insulated sweep at Lowes or Home Depot. The quote for solid doors at Lowes is $250 by Masonite Safe n' Sound door. I bought two packs of ThermalBlend seal for the door frame but have install yet.
Attached is the pic of the HT room layout.
Appreciate any suggestion of what to do and where to buy the products online or local in Houston, TX.
Anyways, the HT room is upstair with an adjacent bedroom, vacant for now. The adjacent room is along the 13' wall (no insulation) of the HT. There are a couple of bedrooms below the HT. The HT has doube hollow doors.
From what I research so far, the first and cheapest thing to try first is to replace the door with solid wood door, add insulation seal on the door frame, add door insulated sweep at bottom and add that 'thingy' (don't know what you call it) that attaches to one of the door and seals the gap between the two doors when it's closed.
I may add insulation to the 13' wall later if it's still a problem afterwards. The HT floor may be another problem which could be costly to soundproof.
The problem is there are so many products out there that I don't know what works. I can't find the 'thingy' or the bottom door insulated sweep at Lowes or Home Depot. The quote for solid doors at Lowes is $250 by Masonite Safe n' Sound door. I bought two packs of ThermalBlend seal for the door frame but have install yet.
Attached is the pic of the HT room layout.
Appreciate any suggestion of what to do and where to buy the products online or local in Houston, TX.