best Door for sound

[dan76n]

Hi all, What would you recommend as the best door for a home cinema room? I was thinking of just using a glass sliding door with a thick curtain.

[woody67]

It really depends on what style you want and if it needs to match any others in the house.

A solid core firecheck door will be cheap - less than £30, will have some good sound proof qualities, but will have a smooth ply finish.

Your curtain idea seems OK, or a normal door with some cork or other tile/material lining on the HC room side

[inzaman]

A fire door would be good for sound proof if you also need that, but a curtain would be fine as well as it will keep the light out.

When i had my room built the door was actually hand made from two sheets of 6mm (or 9mm) mdf and filled with rockwool.

[martian1]

used a fire door works great!

[gaz]

Originally Posted by inzaman

A fire door would be good for sound proof if you also need that, but a curtain would be fine as well as it will keep the light out.

When i had my room built the door was actually hand made from two sheets of 6mm (or 9mm) mdf and filled with rockwool.

thats the way i went with mine as well, the inner frameof the door was made up of 3x2 so it makes quite a thick door i also routered the edge and installed a smoke seal in both the door and the frame then covered the skin with carpet to match the surrounding walls........... works for me

[inzaman]

Mine works really well to, the main reason for doing it was because the cellar door is not a standard size so finding a door to fit was a nightmare.
It was also proving very expensive to get a special made door so we did it ourself, it cost about £30 in total to build.