Vibrating Inside Bathroom Wall

It would have collapsed by now if that was the cause.

Vibrating inside bathroom wall.

I would suggest you check your water heater pressure relief valve now to see if it went off or is currently pouring out water. I have a humming noise come from inside a wall in my bathroom. It s the loudest through a wall that separates the master bath and the stairwell. Just find any orifice on the outside of the building and look inside for a loose screen.

My home is a 2 story built in 1987. Five years ago before that the kitchen pipe bursted and flooded the. If i put my ear to the wall i can hear a clunk sound right before the humming like a loose pipe or slight water hammer i have tried to isolate the fixture that is causing the sound including toilets sinks bathtub etc however the sound remains when supply is cut to these fixtures. The vibration comes when no water is being used and when the water is being used.

Something in the air ducts or outlet vents for the fireplace bathroom vent etc is loose. Pipe vibration not only can be annoying but it may lead to pipe damage as the vibrations split weld joints. Again only the outer walls that separate us from the outside and really only the front door area. But it sounds just like a large rat traipsing inside the wall.

The good news is that most clattering knocking and pounding sounds are not signs of impending doom. The noise repeats every 5 10 seconds or so and sounds like something mechanical inside the wall is shaking loose or vibrating against something. Vibrating water supply pipes may cause a vibration sound in your house s plumbing which you may hear through the toilet as it refills the tank with water. The discharge sets up one hell of a vibration often heard in the rest of the house.

But for the long term health of your system such noises should be checked to find the root cause. Rattling knocking and or vibrating pipes can make any homeowner wonder if the plumbing is about to burst through the walls. Normally a leak unless so large as to cause pretty much immediately visible water on a floor or maybe outside faucet or sprinkler system leaking heavily due to freezing will not cause vibration just a whishing or gentle water flowing sound like if a faucet or toilet is dripping. It s not related to air conditioning it happens even when both apartments have their ac off.

It can t be the building settling. When the toilet in the detached garage man cave is flushed there is a terrible vibration rattle in the kitchen area behind a wall. We just had a new water heater installed about 10 months prior after our old one leaked and started to flood the garage. I m guessing there are pipes in this wall that fill the toilet beca read more.