Thread: Accoustic Insulation for roller doors?

Rip out the roller and put in some nice solid swinging doors, typically to reduce sound being transfered through a material will be by increasing its weight(lead is one of the best...)or by introducing an airgap between two surfaces... both cant be done to a roller door unless its designed with sound proofing in mind.
Anyway workshop doors would be a good 1st project for your workshop

Move from there and come down here to the Mainland
There's lots of room , you don't have to live in someone else's back pocket , and you can make as much noise as you like

Thanks guys but neither of those are in the realm of practical solutions for us.

I've been thinking along the lines of portable screens on casters or hanging carpet on a roll up high that can be pulled down as a screen. Neither seem terribly practical and given we don't have any dust extraction as yet any carpet would be sucking up loads and releasing it when raised lowered.

I also thought of a vinyl curtain, the type that hangs in vertical strips in cool stores and similar places, but it's likely not cheap and perhaps doesn't muffle sound a great deal either.

The best answer I can arrive at is heading for the dark side - traditional woodworking without electrickery - but that isn't always an option...

In an other life I was involved in Community Radio and when doing a studio renovation we used carpet, sheet foam rubber or polystyrene sheets for sound proofing, however, as you point out dust may be a problem with both the above solutions.
Maybe you could cover the sound proofing with something like plastic sheeting.

I like the idea of portable doors on casters myself - perhaps concertina style? I want to line my own shed but for heating reasons rather than noise & i also have an issue with the side door & both roller doors & had vaguely tossed around the idea of some bi-fold doors might work. Should also be easy to move them out of the way to get the car in & out too.

I'm not sure how a roll of carpet or other could work unless the roll is slung below & behind the roller door - which would also eat into the roller doorway height.

I guess it all depends on how often you use the roller door & how much cash is available to throw at the project.

Well we do want to be able to use the doors frequently as this is the main access for materials and larger tools. The side door has a tree and bamboo grove close to it which don't allow much clearance for swinging a 90 degree turn with longer objects. And I'm setting up the dropsaw and drill press on the side wall so that long objects such as bamboo culms can poke out the roller door if need be.

So I want my cake and eat it really, and then for free or on the cheap. Like the Rolling Stones song: "You can't always get what you want..."

Still open to ideas and I like the concertina concept. If I found some the right height going cheap installing them would be the best shot.

A bit late but here goes. Frame an internal set of hinged doors inside the roller doors. The doors could open into the roller door opening when it is raised though of course the doorway would be lower than normal. The framing could be internally soundproofed before cladding and this would help as well.

How about some dynamat?? (the adhesive mat used in soundproofing cars0

Not familiar with Dynamat but are you suggesting it could go onto the inside of the roller doors or use it as a curtain?

Earthwhile- I am not really familiar with it either. I was thinking it could go straight to the back of the door- however I am uncertain how bulky it is and may not be possible.

I am familiar with dynamat... it wont do hardly any thing at all on a width of steel like a roller door and as mentioned before it will considerably increase the diameter of the door when its raised.

The curtain of carpet is about your only solution that will work at a cheap cost.

Cheap and nasty - bubble wrap gaffer taped to the insides of the fixed doors.

Maybe it could work on the roller doors too.

For an investment of $50.00 you could be onto a winner.

The only problem would be stopping people like myself popping the bloody things.

I'm sure I have seen an advertisment for acoustic roller door thingos somehwere.

Home Insulation - DJC Distribution All Insulation it is just insulation but uses air gap which MIGHT be a bit quieter. Click the link and ask them via an email.

Originally Posted by Mike Busby

Home Insulation - DJC Distribution All Insulation it is just insulation but uses air gap which MIGHT be a bit quieter. Click the link and ask them via an email.

You bet to it,
was thinking of using this product on my shed, but decide to wait till i move and build my dream shed.