It can t be the building settling.
Vibrating inside bathroom wall.
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.
When the toilet in the detached garage man cave is flushed there is a terrible vibration rattle in the kitchen area behind a wall.
I ve been hearing a vibrating motor sound throughout the entire house in the walls.
Five years ago before that the kitchen pipe bursted and flooded the.
Just find any orifice on the outside of the building and look inside for a loose screen.
It would have collapsed by now if that was the cause.
The noise repeats every 5 10 seconds or so and sounds like something mechanical inside the wall is shaking loose or vibrating against something.
Something in the air ducts or outlet vents for the fireplace bathroom vent etc is loose.
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.
Again only the outer walls that separate us from the outside and really only the front door area.
It s not related to air conditioning it happens even when both apartments have their ac off.
My home is a 2 story built in 1987.
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 discharge sets up one hell of a vibration often heard in the rest of the house.
Rattling knocking and or vibrating pipes can make any homeowner wonder if the plumbing is about to burst through the walls.
I have a humming noise come from inside a wall in my bathroom.
I ve had the phone company come out and check the line the noise is coming in the approximate location where the phone line meets the house.
But for the long term health of your system such noises should be checked to find the root cause.
It s the loudest through a wall that separates the master bath and the stairwell.
Pipe vibration not only can be annoying but it may lead to pipe damage as the vibrations split weld joints.
I would suggest you check your water heater pressure relief valve now to see if it went off or is currently pouring out water.
But it sounds just like a large rat traipsing inside the wall.
Phone company says the line wouldn t cause a vibration if it did the line would be smoking.
The vibration comes when no water is being used and when the water is being used.
