Friend with noisy toilet TMI

Posted: Thu, Jun 14 2012, 1:53 pm Post subject: Friend with noisy toilet TMI

TMI TMI TMI TMI TMI

Ok lol. So.

My friend has her toilets JUST near the living room. For some reason the door doesn't cut the noise at all. When someone goes to the toilets even just number 1, you hear it alllll. It is horrible while eating. I dread having to go. I was afraid to tackle the topic but recently she told me she hates it and is going crazy because of it. Moving is not an option. Is there any way for her (not expensive Sad

) to have less "noise"?

Thank you...
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That is a really uncomfortable situation.. but if it was me and I needed to use the bathroom I would turn the water on so you wont hear as much.

Posted: Thu, Jun 14 2012, 2:08 pm Post subject: re: Friend with noisy toilet TMI

But won't constant flushing sound weird also?

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Can she better soundproof the bathroom? My parents have something similar...the main floor bathroom is so noisy, and part of the reason is that the door doesn't quite reach the floor. Can she put a doorstop or a blanket there so people can stuff it under? (In America, we have these sandbag long ropey things that are meant to keep out drafts from under doors)

Or, it's pretty ugly, but I've heard that egg cartons soundproof a room. Can she hang egg cartons on the door and see if it works? (like, top to bottom, not just a lone egg carton, haha)

Or maybe, invest in a new, heavier door?

I transmitted. She asks if there is anything else she can do

Gold Member Joined: Dec 16 2008 Posts: 1126

can she install a fan/light thing that when the light is on a fan is running, (and made it a noisy one)?

My sis has a bathroom right off her dining room. They installed a double door (not side by side but one behind the other so when they are closed there's a double layer). I would ask a contractor if you can install two 'garage' or solid doors vs. most doors that are hollow, at least around here. It might also be possible to blow in insulation into the walls.

Anyhow you don't keep flushing, you run the water in the sink. I do that often when I'm someplace where I feel people can hear....

Be good: won't it just kill the noise inside the toilet but not for people outside?

Amother good idea about a very thick door... but there's no sink, it's just a toilet. So one could only flush and flush.

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We have this problem in my current apt. If the air conditioning is on its not an issue it blocks out the sound. During the winter we actually warn people. I can't wait to buy a house.

Platinum Member Joined: Nov 04 2008 Posts: 7944

No sink? Huh, I never encountered that in western Europe.

That's really uncomfortable.
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How about a sound machine?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F.....amp;hvqmt=

Posted: Sat, Jun 16 2012, 7:22 pm Post subject: re: Friend with noisy toilet TMI

My dh says a sound machine would only make you hear yourself less, not people outside.

Most toilets I "encounter" (lol) have no sink, you wash in the bathroom.

My friend has one toilet and one bathroom.

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I agree that the door is usually the biggest issue when it comes to soundproofing. They tend to be thin and hollow on the inside. I'd go with a thick, heavy door. She could also add something inside the room that dampens noise and/or prevents it from echoing off the walls, like heavy fabric. This page gives a good description of what I mean: http://ohmyapt.apartmentratings.com/how-to-reduce-noise.html.