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ober:
Totally random question.  Does anyone know much about sound proofing?  I work from home a lot now and my wife said she can hear me through the door to my office.  I'm wondering what the best way is to sort of sound proof the door to my office.  Has anyone done anything like this?


And to give you the layout of my office, I drew it up here:

hans:
That's probably not going to do much. It's a game of density and decoupling. The walls themselves are going to transfer quite a bit unless they're decoupled from each other, staggered studs or z-channels.

You might have some success reducing the volume with diffusers to spread the sound around. But good sound proofing is early in design.

Still, mitigation, look into Roxul or DIY 703 fiberglass panels. I have some resources I can dig up.

Mike:
Easy solution - speak softer? ;)

ober:
Keep in mind, I'm only trying to reduce the noise, not eliminate it.  And if it matters, I face the door when I'm sitting at my desk.  I was thinking I could maybe cover the back of the door and the walls to the left and right and see if that helps at all.  I really don't know much about this stuff but maybe it's worth a shot.  That's not expensive at all even if it doesn't end up doing much.

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jkim:
You can try the foam panels, but if there's a door in the picture you should add soundproofing to the door perimeter to fill in gaps there too, especially the floor gap.

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