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Originally Posted by H165
I had a friend with a similar problem. He was able to reduce the noise problem by installing new, extra-thick ( I think it is fire-rated) drywall directly over the existing drywall on all the connecting walls. He lost about 3/4" of floor width in each room. he had to install outlet and switch box extensions in each room (fortunately the wiring was long enough to allow this), and he had to remove and re-install his baseboard.
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I did this to decrease the amount of noise that travelled between a bathroom and an adjacent bedroom. It didn't eliminate all sound transmission, but it helped. It meant that we lost the very small amount of space between the door frame and the wall. Hardly noticeable.