Water Pipes Vibrating Our Floor

[Tabby123]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks in advance for your advice...

As the title mentions, my issue is with the water pipes of the house causing the floor to vibrate.

I have singled out the issue to the joists that the floorboards sit on carrying the vibrations throughout the house.

We do not have hot water running through these pipes (cold water only in the pipes) , and the vibrations make sleeping almost impossible as the vibrations go up through the floor into any furniture, including mattresses.

When I feel any accessible water pipes they are gently Vibrating, but I can't seem to find out why the intensity of the vibrations changes randomly throughout the day, and locations in the floor.

I am living in a private flat in a house with 6 other flats.

I would love answers to fix this problem so that the floor no longer vibrates, and I can sleep in peace not being woken up or unable to drop off because of the vibrations.

Any ideas of how to fix this is greatly appreciated, we will have a plumber coming to see the problem payed for by the landlord, and I wanted to get a headstart with any information which may help them.

I am concerned that they might not fix it, as I have read other stories online where people have had multiple plumbers come to view the issue and not be able to fix it.

Thank you
Tabs x

**It is a fairly old house which has been converted in flats, I am on the ground floor

 

[Deleted member 120897]

Could be sound transference from another flat with an issue. Does it happen all the time?

 

[Tabby123]

Could be sound transference from another flat with an issue. Does it happen all the time?

Yes it is all day long Although appears at different parts of the floor in different intensity, the house shares the same plumbing, it is more of a physical feeling than a sound

 

[Lisa littlewood]

Yes it is all day long Although appears at different parts of the floor in different intensity, the house shares the same plumbing, it is more of a physical feeling than a sound

Hi did you get this problem sorted as we are experiencing the same thing in our house.It's driving us crazy .

 

[Tabby123]

Hi did you get this problem sorted as we are experiencing the same thing in our house.It's driving us crazy .

Hi, the problems been ongoing since we moved in. The landlord hasn't done anything to fix it yet, although I'm sceptical a plumber could fix it without tearing the house apart to get to the pipes (that's if they understand the cause of the problem)

We've moved house 4 times in the same area over the last 2 years and had the exact same issue. I think the problem could possibly be linked to the fact they've built 5000 new houses, and the towns plumbing is likely very old and having to deal with all the extra pressure, this is only a guess though.