Toilet noise making me anti social

[KingCatMeowInSpace]

A couple of years ago I got our bathroom re-done and I've become obsessed with the fact that the door has a gap at the bottom which means that you can hear EVERY noise coming from the bathroom. If I'm doing something on the landing or sitting in a bedroom with the door open or in the hall and someone's in the bathroom, you can them - peeing, closing toilet, any water splashing, farting - everything. So now when anyone goes in the bathroom I immediately turn on the radio and if any visitors are over I keep music on and doors closed. I HATE it. Had a couple joiners out to look at the bathroom door but they both said it's because floor is at a slight angle so door needs to have gap at bottom or it won't open without banging into the floor. Any suggestions other than ripping up the floor tiles, re-levelling floor and re-doing it, which my husband says no way as it doesn't bother him at all- he's oblivious ?

Draught excluder?

Couldn't you hear some of these things anyway, even with a door that didn't have a gap?

You could get a grip and give your head a wobble?

I don't know - definitely not as loud.

What about one of those door strips with bristles on the bottom? Usually for front doors I think but might muffle some of the sound?

Could you have a ceiling fan fitted that comes on when someone enters the bathroom?

Just clag something on the inside. A draft excluder might work quite well as suggested but there's other stuff probably if you do a bit googling.

Ask guests do their essentials in the garden/nearby park.

I can hear my partner fart in the downstairs loo because our sound proofing is non existent. It’s absolutely gross. I know when he has an upset tummy without him telling me.

I completely understand the OPs pain.

Fir a higher threshold. It may be a trip hazard though. How big is the gap?

Can you raise the door threshold?

Or the noisy fan is a good idea!

I understand this too. All our bathrooms are in stupid places in the house with crappy 1960s soundproofing (none). Bathroom and en-suite are above the kitchen and next to our bedroom and you can hear EVERYTHING. Cloakroom is in hallway and next to kitchen and you can hear everything from there too. It's something you just don't know until you move in. We even took down the kitchen ceiling and put soundproof wool and sound absorbing plasterboard and it's made no difference whatsoever. I hate it. I find it embarrassing when people are round and you're having a chat and you can hear someone having a shit, so totally understand. I don't have a solution but I also live with a DH who isn't bothered by it, probably because he makes the most noise so has never heard the full horror.
It may actually be the thing that makes me move from this great house in a perfect location.

Noisy automatic bathroom fan sounds the easiest solution.

Yes this is it totally. I HATE it. My teenagers sometimes ask friends over and I warn my husband to be aware of noises he makes and I'm on edge. I'm not an anxious person at all and very relaxed about most things but this drives me mad. We have a good fan that we got fitted a couple years ago that works great re steam etc but it's quiet so won't cover up any noise - the bathroom is on our small landing which has 3 bedroom doors off it so when fan was noisy it would wake us up if used during the night.

I got a joiner out to do this but he said it would be a trip hazard so wouldn't do it.

Tried a few different types of these but because the floor is slightly sloped up, the excluder gradually bends back on itself as the door opens n closes and breaks so not found one that would work yet

You could raise the threshold and correspondingly the internal floor level in the loo, so no trip hazard really, and maybe the slight extra floor covering will help insulate. You could also think about maybe changing the door for a thicker fire door.

That's an interesting option re fire door - haven't considered this- wonder if would make a positive difference even with the gap- shall need to google if I could get one that wouldn't look out of place.

Fit a full length door and use a rising hinge.

Fitting a rising butt hinge instead of a standard hinge to your door allows the door to rise slightly when opened, preventing that annoying dragging sound when opening the door. Not only is it irritating, but such dragging and catching will wear down your carpet very quickly.

Have a radio on quietly on a table on the landing?
I have the radio on in the kitchen 24hrs a day - just quietly as background noise x

You need one of those bristly draught excluders so you can cut them down at one end.

Can you have the door opening the other way, not into the bathroom (if that’s where the upwards slope is) but opening outwards?

Just saw this - don't understand how it works - sound like it would be what I'm looking for?

shop.stormflame.com/rebated-automatic-acoustic-rated-door-bottom-drop-seal-51db---1130mm-2889-p.asp

Yes, I was also going to suggest a door opening the other way. Depends on the space available outside the bathroom. But also have the noisy fan as well!