Just spent a stupid amount of money to soundproof an extra bedroom for my music room and have used this site extensively for ideas. So thank you for the all the help and advice I have received here. It has been invaluable...my wife hates you.
My last 2 projects are the window and door into the room.
The window is 58 3/4" wide x 35" height with no molding or sill around it. It has about a 3" deep enclosure/jamb. I am trying to figure out if doing the Magnet Seal solution with Acrylic would be an acceptable alternative to a Soundproof Window. I'd rather not spend $1200 on a window if the magnetic seal option would give me comparable results at half the price. How do they compare? Also got a couple of questions on the Magnet Seal solution...
- Should you use screws to mount the magnetic L frame? Concerned about poking more holes into the walls I just put up. But, just as concerned about using an adhesive
glue that would be much harder to remove.
- I would want to mount the acrylic on the outside of the opening, so I'm guessing I would need a "sill" of some sort to hold the weight? More holes...lol
- Can I use 1/2" or 3/4" acrylic? That is what my local Plastic company has.
The door is a Solid Core, but it turned out to be a little shorter in height. I now have a 1 1/8" Gap under the door that I'm having problems filling. It seems the door sweeps can cover gaps up to about 3/4", which would leave me with a 1/2" gap still there, defeating the soundproofing of the entire room. I really don't want to put a raised threshold on my brand new and stupidly expensive wood floor. Do I need a new door or is there some other solution here?
Anyway, thanks again. I've been planning this project for years and have been using this site extensively. Just about done now and hopefully my wife will forgive you when she hears (or not) the results.