How to Soundproof Barn Doors the Right Way!

The first thing that comes to mind for most people when they see sliding barn doors inside a house is how much noise gets through to the other room? I questioned that also when I visited a friend that had installed some as their bathroom door. I learned a few things while talking to my friend and that’s what I’ll be talking about in this video.

How to soundproof barn doors? There are a few ways to soundproof a sliding barn door, but the most effective way is to make sure there are no gaps or crack to allow noise to travel through. Make sure your barn doors are made from solid wood, meaning a solid core and not a hollow core.

A lot of regular door soundproofing methods are the same with a barn door; you just need to do things a bit differently to make sure everything works as intended.

This article will focus on how you can add or change the structure of the barn door to make it a bit more soundproof.

Here is a list of the top 8 ways to soundproof a sliding barn door. Some of you might already have one installed in your home and I’m sure a great many of you did it as a DIY project. You don’t need to stress yourself out or dismantle the barn doors. If there is noise coming through to the adjacent room there are many ways to remedy this problem.

If you have a small gap between the wall and the barn doors you will need to seal it if you ever hope of reducing the noise.

When the door is closed, you will want it as close to the wall as possible. This will be a challenge if you need to glide the door over the baseboards. By gliding the door over the trim you will have a gap the width of the trim.

Let us know in the comment section if you found this video helpful in sound proofing barn doors. Also, let us know if you have any suggestions that we failed to mentioned that worked for you.

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[ToddFerguson-novc]

Just finished hanging 2 barn doors with my own "custom privacy" design. So the bottom space, I just got as close as I could... Any normal door has a small crack so I wasn't concerned about that. Its the 2 sides that I wanted to figure out a way to make more private. You can achieve this by running a piece of "stop trim" that runs the entire side of the door, and will be what your door is going towards as it closes. It should stick out far enough so that it will be flush or even past however much your door sticks out. You can even add a little lip that goes back towards your door so that the door fits into that "Stop piece". So like this (the equals signs represent the door)

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Then on the other side of your door, you will put another piece of trim that runs the entire side of your door height and then another piece on the actual door, . So this will be a piece of trim that will be like a little lip that will connect with the wall trim when in the closed position. And there you have a gapless side barn door that glides free of contact, and is sealed when closed.. Another tip for keeping it sealed tight when closed is to install magnets in the wall trim and doors. So when they connect there is no bounce back. They sell magnets that you can mount flush with the surface
Anyway - I couldn't find anything about getting a truly private door except for all those talking about weather stripping - but I want my door to glide - not drag over weather stripping. Plus anything that is rubbing against something else over time it will not be a good thing.

[liam]

who else is here because there family screams too much in the backround while gaming

[Nick-mchy]

Today I learnt I should do a barn door. Thank you ☺️

[grasstypegabe]

i loved barn doors until i had one on my bedroom. now i can hear everything in my house.

[bigdogkropp]

Standard door casing trim that is installed around doorways is angled and gets thicker the closer you get to the door opening. If you have a foam block on the inside edge of the sliding door the door casing will compress the foam as you close the door. Now you also need to seal the top, bottom, and other side of the door with compressibel foam in order to stop the sound. I can't see a brush style door sweep as being soundproof. You will need a compressible foam on the bottom of the door or a threshold with a foam seal. Thinking of using the v-shaped nylon wrapped foam strips because the nylon has less fricton.

[johnleebass]

Excellent! Thanks! (After wondering what have I done LoL putting these doors up, BUT... in the 2 spaces, the doors are so large for the spaces, passing them was a challenge.)

[humbughumbughumbug]

Floor sweep might not work if you have a roller-type bottom guide. :-/

[URAZKIVANER]

If someone could find a way to imply the auto sliding door mechanism on the cars and minivans in a house environment yes you would have a perfectly soundproofed door. You need 2 way motioned rail system where the door slides in the main frame after sliding to that spot...

[MR-nkey]

Could you tell me how to fill in the gap between the wall and the door? You said to use foam, but exactly where do you place it?

[RuggieroJoseph]

any ideas for soundproofing if you live in an apartment and the barn door is made of metal and glass panels?

[jonahtau]

i was thinking of adding foam to the internal of my door to fil in the gaps

[soundproofguide]

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[MultiYlin]

I am wondering if a repurposed rail from xray room would solve the issue. It looks similar but needs some "makeovers" to turn it into a barn door slider look alike.

[UrsulaMarsicano]

How about squeaking noise at the bottom of the door?

[starytarts]

Can you explain the first option? I don't exactly understand where to place the sticky side of the foam tape for a sliding door

[deborahsevigny]

I don't need to sound proof my door . I want it to form a seal when it's closed.
It's in a small casita type studio to bathroom

[woodindustriallife]

why don't people build sliding doors from an insulated stud wall design? With the right rail system surely it would be more secure and soundproof.

[philramirez]

You never had a barn door yet made this video 🤔

[jaydenbrumous]

Thousands of lifetime projects with Stodoys plans.

[pacz]

Having the same annoying music fragment repeating every 10 seconds is irritating beyond belief!!!