| i actually saw something decent at home depot.
it was a metal door with a metal frame thick enough to accomodate a second interior door. and then in the speical order catalog they had these solid core doors called "safe and sound" that are meant for noise blocking.
so my idea right now is to get the metal door/frame and add this second door. then on the insides of the doors i would add a layer of 1/2 drywall to thicken each up and add mass. then in the remaining cavity area i would put a seal or a ring of sonex going around the trim. and then some people have talked about these spring-loaded plate things that you can rig up at the bottom of a door. i would put that on the inside of the metal door. that's my current idea-rendition on it.
the reason i want the metal door is that i really want the metal *frame*, and that's how to get the metal frame....less likely to warp or get torqued/skewed over time. |