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    Sep 15, 2010, 10:36 AM
    Draining sounds
    I have a 2 story house. Is it normal to hear water draining from anywhere in the house, upstairs or downstairs, in the upsatirs master bathtub drain?
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    Sep 15, 2010, 11:38 AM

    It depends! What material are your drainage pipes? We get more complaints like yours from plastic pipes such as PVC or ABS but hardly any from cast iron.
    Soooo, what do you have? Cheers, Tom
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    Sep 16, 2010, 08:30 AM
    Hey Tom,
    The pipes are plastic
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    Sep 16, 2010, 12:01 PM

    It seems that plastic pipes will be noisier then cast iron. About the only way I know to quite them down would be to open up the wall and pack insulation around the pipes. That isn't much help but it's the best I can do. Regards, Tom
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    Sep 16, 2010, 01:14 PM

    I suspect you have no trap installed on that tub. Investigate and let us know what you've found out... Back to you... Milo
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