bflei23
Mar 7, 2007, 05:49 PM
I noticed several posts about dripping sounds, but mine is a little different, so I wanted to ask. My husband and I bought a townhouse a year ago (it was a year old at the time, making it two years old now). We rent it out to a couple who in the past several days have noticed (what they call) a "dripping" noise in the downstairs bathroom behind the wall (this wall has nothing against it - the toilet and sink are on opposing walls). The townhouse is actually a duplex and the wall that seems to be delivering this noise is the inside wall (shared with the other half of the duplex). It is a two-story unit, and if you flush the toilets, run the sinks, or showers from upstairs, there is a very short delay and then you hear the dripping sound in the downstairs bathroom. You also hear this if you run the sink in the downstairs bathroom and sometimes even the kitchen sink (also downstairs). However, the drip does not occur every time, just most times. Also, it seems to appear at random times during the day when no water has been running at all. And the drip is not a consistent one (it may go "drip, drip....drip" or just "drip" or "drip.......drip.....drip")---not consistent at all. Honestly, I went over to the townhouse this evening to hear it for myself, and it almost sounds more like a creaking noise, like a house settling. However, our renters have never noticed this before, so it seems weird that it would just now come up if it were "settling." There is no wetness in the bathroom (walls or floor) and no water stains. It seems like stains would show up or the floorboards would be wet if this were a water leak..? Also, the townhouse is built on a slab, so there is no way to check for wetness underneath.
I just don't want to hire a plumber to go tear apart the walls in the 2yr old townhouse just on the possibility of a water leak. Are there any sure signs that it would or would not be a water leak? I would hate the tear up the wall just to find out it is noisy pipes (but then again, why would they all of sudden become noisy?).
Thanks for any help on this---
Bryanne
I just don't want to hire a plumber to go tear apart the walls in the 2yr old townhouse just on the possibility of a water leak. Are there any sure signs that it would or would not be a water leak? I would hate the tear up the wall just to find out it is noisy pipes (but then again, why would they all of sudden become noisy?).
Thanks for any help on this---
Bryanne