Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Pipes: cast iron vs. PVC

[Mac & Sandy Thomson (ganesh]

Our toilet to septic plumbing is all with PVC pipes and we don't have any
noise problems that I know of.  One thing that we did to mitigate any
potential noise problems was to insulate all internal walls containing
septic plumbing adjacent to public rooms (external walls are of course
insulated anyway).  Maybe that prevented the problem.

- Mac

-- 
Mac Thomson

Heartwood Cohousing
Southwest Colorado
http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com

"The most beautiful thing one can experience is the mysterious.  It is the
source of all true art and science.  He to whom this reaction is a stranger
-- who no longer can pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe -- is as good as
dead, his eyes are closed."
           -- Albert Einstein
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On 06/01/03 Diane Simpson wrote:
> I have recently heard about noise issues connected with PVC pipes in
> some cohousing developments and I was wondering if any of you in
> coho-land who have these kind of pipes would care to comment on this
> issue. Are they really noisier than cast-iron pipes? A lot noiser or
> just a tiny bit? Have you had to change any of your activities of daily
> living to compensate for this? How many of you think they are better
> than cast-iron pipes? Why?

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