About Automatic Door Bottoms

The gap under doors is a sound leak when attempting to create a soundproof room. Applying an Automatic Door Bottom (ADB) is a simple and very effective way to create a strong seal at the bottom of doors. These door bottoms have heavy duty soundproofing and sealing properties that will adapt to your floor condition, ensuring a tight seal against the floor or saddle, even when inevitable shifting and warping of the door occurs.

We have a large variety of high quality Automatic Door Bottoms to suit your specific needs.

How it Works:

The seal starts off flush with the bottom of the door allowing the door to swing clear without any dragging on the floor.

As the door is closed, an adjustable "plunger" is compressed against the door frame, activating a concealed flat spring mechanism. This mechanism drops the seal smoothly from the housing in a scissor-like motion. The door seal compresses tightly against the floor or threshold and retracts automatically when the door is opened.

The concealed spring mechanism is activated on the hinge side first, see image below. Once the seal hits the floor on the hinge side it will push down the seal at the other end. This allows the seal to conform to uneven gaps (provided that the gap is in a straight line, not "U" shaped).

While our Automatic Door Bottoms seals gaps of .3" - 1" we recommend keeping the gap to 3/8" and not more than 1/2" for optimum performance, see product details for measurements specific to each product. If your gap is larger we recommend installing a threshold or adding some wood furring to the bottom of your door.

The brass nut at the head of the ADB can be adjusted in and out to apply more or less pressure on the drop of the seal. This can be adjusted once the ADB is installed onto your door.

How an Automatic Door Bottom Works

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Customers Questions and Answers

1) Sal: 1. can you cut for size? 2. difference between regular and heavy duty?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: Yes these can be cut to size please email/call us with order. The heavy duty has a wider and thicker seal. Also drops further than the regular.

2) Reuben H: i am interested in installing an ADB. i have an interior 48' door opening comprised of two 24' doors to my bedroom. there's a 1' gap at the bottom that i would like to cover. i'm in the process of changing the current hollow doors to solid doors. home depot had no idea re; your product. could you please recommend the best ADB for white wood interior doors that i described and provide installation instructions? thx, reuben hoch 561 866-9421

Trademark Soundproofing Reply:

Hi Reuben, You would need 2 ADB's at 24' each. For that gap you should use a heavy duty ADB like this one. Either way you should try to keep the gap to half inch or less for best performance. https://www.tmsoundproofing.com/heavy-duty-automatic-door-bottom-soundproof.html

3) Rebecca R: Do you have something similar to this to use with sliding barn doors?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: Hi Rebecca. Unfortunately we do not.

4) Jim LaFitte: How and where can I order a new seal for the heavy duty 36.'wide door.

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: Do you mean just the rubber piece? Depending on the model some of them we have replacements for. Please give us a call at 845-388-1200

5) Jeff R: I have a single door that is 48'W. Are longer ADB's available?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: Yes. We have custom sizes available. Please contact our sales team.

6) Joe: Will the auto door bottom work well with a door closer or does it require significant pressure to activate?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: It requires that the door latches closed upon closing.

7) phil: Do you have any graft that reads before and after a door sweep in DB?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: Door sweeps are only effective at maintaining (close to) the STC of the door itself and you have to keep in mind the other variables like gaps at the joists and headers.

8) Margaret: Can these be used on residential doors. I have a big gap between my floor and the bottom of my door. Will this help with drafts that i feel because of the gap? Thank you Margaret Boskelly

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: Yes they are used on residential doors all the time provided that the gap is not too large.

9) Kenny: Can I use a regular hacksaw to cut the heavy duty adb to size or do I need to use a table saw with a special blade?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: It can be done with a hacksaw.

10) Jon: Can the automatic door bottom seal be used on a pocket door that has a lock to hold it closed and keep pressure on the plunger?

Trademark Soundproofing Reply: If it is a strong lock it would work. call our office for a special Pocket ADB.