Bathroom rumbles when toilet is flushed. Sounds bad, is it serious?
By Guna1980
@Guna1980 (872)
India
July 16, 2007 9:54am CST
Starting 2 nights ago when the upstairs toilet is flushed, there is a loud noise and rumbling vibration (sounds/feels like there's a jackhammer outside) that lasts for about 10 seconds (feels like forever). Doesn't matter what's in the toilet...can just be a "test flush" and rumbling still happens. First time it happened, I was down stairs, my wife was upstairs, she flushed and I thought someone was in our backyard with powertools. This cant be good...any ideas? Thanks!
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@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
16 Jul 07
Sounds like there may be air in the water line.
If your toilet tank has a ballcock mechanism, try holding the ball down so that the water continues to flush without ceasing for a minute or so. Then let it go back to functioning properly. That may get the air out.
Give it a try before you pay a plumber to check it out.
