This one has me stumped as stumped can be. I recently completed remodel of our single (only) bathroom as well as a complete tear out and re-plumbing of the whole house DWV system, including abandoning the septic and running new sewer line for a new sewer connection. When I say all of it, I mean all of it.
House has bath/shower, toilet, lav, kitchen sink, utility sink & washing machine (both of these in the basement). All is up to code and every fixture has it's own vent, and re-venting exists where necessary.
Here is what is driving me crazy. Since we have been on lockdown, we haven't been taking a shower every day (most days) because there is no real reason to and it allows us to save some water. I mention this because what I am going to describe ONLY happens at a very specific point in time.
For whatever reason, anywhere between 10-15 minutes after someone finishes taking a shower the brand new toilet will run for about 5-7 seconds and then stop, just as it would if it was actually flushed.
Toilet is not leaking at wax, nor at bowl/tank connection. This is an American Standard, btw. Not sure of the model number, but it isn't the most expensive, but also isn't the cheapest either.
I shut off the valve and put food coloring in the tank and let it sit for 2 hours during a non shower period, and nothing. Water level is the same, no dye in the toilet bowl. (I plan on doing this same test just before someone takes a shower next time to test that situation).
Note, this running does not happen ever when no one is taking a shower, but every time someone does, without fail it will run as I mentioned above no sooner than 10 minutes after the shower is over and no longer than 15 minutes.
Any suggestions because I am almost at the "oh well, what can you do" point and will just learn to ignore it
House has bath/shower, toilet, lav, kitchen sink, utility sink & washing machine (both of these in the basement). All is up to code and every fixture has it's own vent, and re-venting exists where necessary.
Here is what is driving me crazy. Since we have been on lockdown, we haven't been taking a shower every day (most days) because there is no real reason to and it allows us to save some water. I mention this because what I am going to describe ONLY happens at a very specific point in time.
For whatever reason, anywhere between 10-15 minutes after someone finishes taking a shower the brand new toilet will run for about 5-7 seconds and then stop, just as it would if it was actually flushed.
Toilet is not leaking at wax, nor at bowl/tank connection. This is an American Standard, btw. Not sure of the model number, but it isn't the most expensive, but also isn't the cheapest either.
I shut off the valve and put food coloring in the tank and let it sit for 2 hours during a non shower period, and nothing. Water level is the same, no dye in the toilet bowl. (I plan on doing this same test just before someone takes a shower next time to test that situation).
Note, this running does not happen ever when no one is taking a shower, but every time someone does, without fail it will run as I mentioned above no sooner than 10 minutes after the shower is over and no longer than 15 minutes.
Any suggestions because I am almost at the "oh well, what can you do" point and will just learn to ignore it