I need help with my shaky pipes!!

suz_ibees · Nov 20, 2005

Hi all,
I'm a new homeowner, we closed on the house Friday. This morning, Sunday, woke up to shaking and vibrating pipes when my husband flushed the toilet! Does anyone know if this is a major problem? And does anyone know the cause and solution?? Oh i forgot the house was built in 2001 and we've lived in it for a year without incident.
Thank you!!!

Jadnashua · Nov 20, 2005

The toilet fill valve may have some crud in the washer orjust be worn out. Do you know what kind of fill valve it is? Depending on the type of fill valve, it may be a $0.50 part, or you may need to replace it. Could be other things, but from comments here, that may be the most likely. Flush the toilet, and manually lift the float (assuming it has an external one) and see if you can make it start and stop. My unprofessional opinion.

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Toolaholic · Nov 20, 2005

also

you may have some unsecured copper pipes in the basement or whereever

hj · Nov 20, 2005

noise

Replace the toilet's fill valve. Do not even bother with trying to adjust or repair it.

bigrebnc1861 · Nov 21, 2005

You also might want to have a air arestor installed to your toliet supply line

Terry · Nov 21, 2005

I'm with hj, replacing the valve is easy anyway.
Before you do though, make sure the shutoff valve to the toilet is opened up all the way. Sometimes people turn them down and the water passing over the rubber seal may vibrate.

suz_ibees · Nov 22, 2005

Thanks All

Thanks for all the feedback! The water company actually came out after I begged for two days and they are going to replace the meter to see if this fixes the problem. The pipes make the noise all over the house no matter what water source is on except the kitchen sink, weird huh? Anyway hopefully that will fix it if not I have a plumber on call to check my pressure regulator valve on Monday.
This is a great place for some plumber illerate people such as myself. Now that I'm a home owner I know where to go for help! Hopefully I won't be back too often. Thanks again!!!

Toolaholic · Nov 23, 2005

hope it works our Suzzie

this is yet another thread where we are probably all barking up the wrong tree because of incomplete info, up front ! Terry, any chance site could give a little heads up about not getting the ,as Paul Harvey say's

"the rest of the story" later on? we all love to help! i believe ,this would make us more helpful! happy turkey day to all , Tool

Plumber1 · Nov 23, 2005

answers

Agreed Tool..........And I'm guilty.......

Terry · Nov 25, 2005

I would love it to, if posters would let us know how their jobs turned out.

It's nice to get the feedback.

One thing nobody mentioned on this thread, is the possiblity of it being a bad pressure reducing valve (PRV).

I need help with my shaky pipes!!

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