When we moved to Greenville, SC and bought a newer construction home we were excited about a number of features the home offered, the least of which was a formal home office for my own use! Yes, my own personal “man-cave” or “bat-cave” or whatever you want to call it.
Only problem was that the room had these ridiculous, narrow, glass French doors. They didn’t lock shut, they had a huge gap between them and thus there was virtually no sound-proofing whatsoever.
This was a problem you might appreciate when I tell you that I’ve got 4 young boys, all under the age of 7, laughing, running, giggling, playing, screaming and sometimes fighting right outside my “French doors”.
In order to get my work done and sound professional on phone calls, I took matters into my own hands.
I bought a PRE-HUNG, 6 PANEL, SOLID-CORE “SAFE & SOUND” door from Home Depot (I initially only bought the door, but it would not fit perfectly in the door jam that was built for the two French doors). By getting the door PRE-HUNG, it came mounted (hung) to its own door jam or framework and thus fit perfectly and worked perfectly.
The “Safe & Sound” door has a solid core which offers a good degree of sound-proofing. Not 100% sound-proofing, but a good degree nonetheless.
I installed a good quality, keyed-entry, polished brass door knob. This affords me the ability to lock myself in the room and not have my boys barge into the room while I’m on the phone with a client.
Lastly, I installed and extra thick strip of wood all around the doorstop so that when the door closes, it is closing against a thick seal with no gaps whatsoever which might otherwise allow noise to get into my office.
A little wood filler and some white paint, and it looks like the home was built with this door in place!
It was a necessary and simple pleasure to do this and turn my home office into a private sanctuary where I can peacefully focus on the needs of my clients!
If your home office does not have a keyed-entry and a soundproof door…I highly recommend it!
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Great comment! I have four and you gotta love it when you're on the phone with a potential client and kids that NEVER fight decide to practice for some Death Match or let you know that there's no food in the house when you just got back from the grocery store! Thank goodness this has only happened twice but good grief! I couldn't keep up with the conversation because all I could think was what could they be thinking of me???? Right now we're using the "talk when mom's on the phone and you're grounded for two weeks" plan. I think the door and a noise cancelling headset will be a little more kid friendly! Thanks.