Audimute Soundproofing Acoustic Door Seal Kit - Door Sweep and Seal - (Large Size)

Overview: This product is good at adding a cost effective and easy to install layer of sound barrier, I can't speak to how it works standalone as it was not my first door soundproofing solution, but I can say that when combined with my other solution, this product fit my needs. More than enough material was provided to seal the entirety of the jamb of my 30in wide interior door (34/83 frame) on one side, with enough material to also do one more side as well as the top of the jamb of a different door of the same size. There was enough of the sweep material to do both sides of my 30in door, with roughly 12in of sweep material left over. The application of the seal and sweep has made a minute addition to the force required to shut the door. Installation: Installation was about as easy as DIY soundproofing gets, you will need rags, scissors, and a tape measurer for precise installation, the product is self adhering. Instructions provided are clear and near idiot proof. I was very lazy in my installation, I didn't measure anything, put it up by eye and feel, used a pocket knife, and patchworked any gaps. Still pleased with the results, did the same with the sweep. My Situation: I live in a rented apartment where for some reason the bedroom doors are equipped with a large glass pane and an inch gap from the floor to the door. It's a 3 story city row home, but the halls are tight, and my bedroom door is situated across from the staircase that leads directly to our front door/ kitchen area, which opens then into our living room. This causes lots of the noise produced on the first floor to easily flow into my room, additionally, only a few meters from my door is not only a bathroom, but another bedroom, both with the same terrible glass paned interior doors. From the other bedroom is emitted a constant machinelike chatter from some device my roomates room, the sound most closely resembles the sound of insects from an open window at night. This constant noise led me to seek my soundproofing solutions. My Solutions: To control airflow, and dampen vibration, I first affixed a Door Buddy Noise Control Cover Door Mountable Double Layered Sound Absorption Blanket, from vocalboothtogo.com, because of easy installation and relatively low cost. I then applied the door seal kit I'm currently reviewing. My Results: I found the initial solution of the door blanket to do about 90 percent of what I needed done, it GREATLY reduced the passive noise from my roomates machine, and also significantly dampened the noise produced by 1st floor activities, the typical slamming of my front door is still heard slightly but i no longer "feel" it. That said, were i to put my ear to the door or even just stand next to it, the maddening whine could still be heard, basically with the addition of the door seal and sweep, the passive noise has been ELIMINATED, i can put my ear to the door cover and simply cannot hear it any longer, great success! If you were to ask me about how my solutions looked, I'd say the door buddy is ugly, and if installed properly the door seal and sweep range from unnoticeable to inoffensive. Neither of these opinions are at all a factor to me, I chose these solutions because they were effective, cheap, and easy to install. These combined have made a difference in how much force is required to shut the door, this is inconsequential to me. Future Plans: I've always been sensitive to noise, through this process I've discovered how much I enjoy dampening outside noise when in my own space, and I now fully intend to see how far i can take it. My next step is wall panels on the door side wall of my bedroom, because on the otherside of that wall is not only the aforementioned hallway/staircase, but it also is shared by the bathroom wall, no longer will I hear my roomate getting ready for work with music in the morning! After that I'd like to do cealing paneling for my bedroom, to negate the noise from vibrations caused by my upstairs roomate.Next would be ceiling panels on the first floor, we have a very nice sound system in our living room (my bedroom is situated conveniently directly above said system), and prior to my solutions, things played loudly enough on it would sound like they're right next to me. (Awful interior doors didn't help). While this effect has been all but eliminated as my roomates value their hearing enough to not have the tv on volumes that could pierce my sound barrier, through my own tests I've noticed if things are played loud enough, they sound like they're coming from the floor, it's kind of cool honestly and I'm unlikely to need to dampen this, but it's just a thought. Lastly, Arrowzoom i believe makes a Diy door panel soundproofing kit that i would affix the glass on both sides of my door, I'm retisent to do this as it would likely, combined with all other solutions, render me completely incapable of even hearing my front door being opened, and that would be a little too far. I am also considering panels on two other sides of my room as they are opposite exterior walls, but I've found that the sounds of the wind and distant sirens don't bother me, and unless I get new noisy neighbors I don't see myself doing this. if you got this far, wow you sure have a lot of time on your hands, why not spend it SOUNDPROOFING?

Works great! Easy install. Great price. Sticks very well and can tell there’s definitely a deadening effect to the noise level. Makes my room nice and quiet for recording

Is the concept sound (no pun intended)? Can the seal deliver on that concept? Yes and yes. But it all depends on the install. If you expect easy peasy 1-2-3 good luck with that. Chances are if you have a sound issue in the first place, your doors are less than perfect as well. I never realized till now most doors are really just a visual barrier rather than sound barrier. That's because, per all the acoustic science I've been forced to learn, if any air or light can pass through then sound will as well. Therefore, be absolutely sure to thoroughly use the light test around the entire perimeter, cupping your hands around areas if necessary and/or patiently waiting for your eyes to adjust to the dark as you turn off the lights to test. It wasn't long before I gave up on having the thing look pretty and stitched together a door seal only Frankenstein could love, adding double and triple layers here and there ad hoc. Speaking of which, you'll want to err on the side of buying extra seal. I bought one large kit and one standard kit, and by some miracle I managed to have exactly enough for three doors of varying sizes (large entrance, medium bedroom and small bath). Finally, the door sweep. Egad. Unless your door is cut extremely even and your floor is extremely smooth and forgiving, it simply won't hold in place but rather cram up and under till it falls off. What I had to do for one door is actually use only a partial sweep on the door by the deep area where I could practically fit my fingers under, and then for the shallow area put the sweep on the floor instead. Not pretty but it allows the door to open and close manageably enough (but with firm shove). All in all, be prepared to make some compromises in appearance and/or ease of opening/closing door. If you don't, and permit so much as a pinhole of light through, per acoustic science you will exponentially reduce performance. By doing what I did it cut the sound of iPhone music max volume by around 60-70%, without any Isole or other product. Hope this helps!

Was easy to install, but my door would not close upon installation. This is because the stripping is a boxy rectangular shape, instead of a curved shape you would see with most stripping that allows the door to close. The door kept getting caught on the outside edge of the stripping (since it isn't curved) and couldn't be closed. Removal is terrible and will take off a lot of paint. The stuff is just cheap sticky foam that rips into a billion pieces; I spent probably 20 minutes hunched over picking up little bits of ripped foam everywhere. It will also leave a layer of adhesive all over the frame which makes it harder to apply a different kind of weather stripping. The sticky adhesive glue is still stuck on there even after multiple applications of goo gone to get it off. Go ahead and get yourself a normal rubber weather stripping kit. This is just cheap overpriced sticky foam that will mess up your door frame.

That last foot of door frame foam is stuck to the cardboard ring. Couldn't finish the door frame.

The isolation is excellent, and install is easy. I put a door sweeper on the inside and outside, and that totally isolates. High quality and American made; a great product!

Standard size is advertised as 16.5' which is 198". My door is a pretty standard size: 81" high, so I need two pieces that length plus a 29" piece along the top between them, so that's 191" total. So I should be good, right? Wrong. I did not waste any of the product, but the photo shows how far I got. Not only was the foam 3" shorter in total than advertised (which still would have been fine for me—I'd still have had a few inches to spare) but the last 10" were also unusable because that piece was stuck tight to the cardboard (only came off in pieces, having lost its adhesive completely). So I'm about 6" short of the material needed to finish my standard-sized door. Audimute seem to have got the whole "under-promise and over-deliver" thing the wrong way round. I've come back to increase the star count after customer service did a decent job. One phone call, two days' turnaround, and they mailed me an additional kit (still, you'd think they would have figured this one out—I now see that I'm not the only reviewer complaining about this issue). As for product quality: it seems to do what it claims. Yes, it makes the door hard to close but what do you expect: it has to be that way if it's going to do its job. And does it do its job? Probably. It seems to be of good quality and makes a small difference for me. If others say it works well for them, I can believe it. The fact that it doesn't do *so* well for me, I suspect is more to do with my door being hollow and acting like a sounding board, and the floor being uneven so that the gap is hard to fill even with a product like this. Bottom line: your mileage will inevitably vary as regards soundproofing; and: don't buy the "standard" size.

Easy to install. You just need to clean the area and their is enough stripping to on all 4 sides of the door and maybe a little extra. This does make closing the door very snug especially if you have a slider lock. You can still open and close your door but it definitely takes more effort. I used it for my studio door that leads straight into a busy hallway and it certainly mutes/muffles a lot of the noise but not silent by any means. I had some questions before I purchased, called the business and left a message. I also sent an email and nobody ever did get back with me. That was a little frustrating. Free returns with Amazon so I just went with it. Overall happy with it.