Zebulon
New Member
I recently moved into a 8 year old town home and have been experiencing an odd noise when flushing the 3rd floor master bath toilet. When the toilet flushes, about 1 or 2 seconds after the flapper closes there is a 'thump' in the floor below the master bath. It sounds almost like a door closing downstairs. When you're downstairs, it sounds just like someone closing the master bath door slightly hard.
The house had high pressure due to a broken pressure regulator. That had been replaced and the pressure is now around 50 PSI. It doesn't seem like a normal water hammer issue because the noise happens long before the fill valve in the toilet closes. It's almost like the flapper closing is causing the noise.
Any ideas what it could be? Is the weight of the water causing a pipe to just move in the floor on its way down?
Thanks.
The house had high pressure due to a broken pressure regulator. That had been replaced and the pressure is now around 50 PSI. It doesn't seem like a normal water hammer issue because the noise happens long before the fill valve in the toilet closes. It's almost like the flapper closing is causing the noise.
Any ideas what it could be? Is the weight of the water causing a pipe to just move in the floor on its way down?
Thanks.