ᐅ Bathroom above open-plan kitchen

Hello everyone,

currently, our plan places the bathroom above the open-plan kitchen and living area.
I’m a bit concerned that it might be disruptive if someone uses the toilet upstairs.
I guess you can probably hear the flushing noise in the living space below, right?
Does anyone have experience with this?
Thanks.

Best regards,
Sonnenblu

Certainly. But how often is someone upstairs in the bathroom while people are eating or cooking in the kitchen below? For me, it would be worse if the pipe ran through the living area.
By the way, we solved it this way (bathroom above the kitchen/living area): the drain pipe from the bathroom goes through the wall into the bedroom (you can’t see it, since it’s under the screed) and then down into the utility room, which is right next to the kitchen.

If it is properly insulated, you won’t hear anything.
We have the drain pipe from two bathrooms (currently only one in use) running through our living room—of course, in a proper boxed-in enclosure in the corner 😉
A soundproof pipe was used, and over that came "soundproofing wraps" (those red covers) and drywall. You can’t hear a thing—even though our daughters often shower and use the toilet upstairs.

@nordanney: What about the toilet flush? Does that work as well? Our architect said there’s a big difference between just the shower water running through, which flows regularly and slowly, and the toilet flush rushing through. He mentioned that the latter is almost never completely quiet. (Of course, it also depends on which corner of the living room the pipe comes down in.)

Yes, both large and small stores are affected by this...

Our pipe is located in the corner where our dining table is. Naturally, this also reduces the chance that something might come down when the whole family is sitting at the table. The sofa is about 8 m (26 feet) away.