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    Mar 10, 2007, 01:22 PM
    Humming Pipes
    There's a loud humming noise and it vibrates kind of too.

    It started this morning when I was cleaning our upstatirs bathroom. It does stop when you turn on the water in the basement or the wash machine runs. I t has also stopped when toilets are flushed until some one turn on the sink faucets than it starts again.

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    Mar 10, 2007, 02:12 PM
    It may be a faucet rubber washer chattering inside the valve when you turn on the water. Replacing the washer should fix the problem.
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    Mar 10, 2007, 04:11 PM
    Pull the toilet lid and check the water level. If it's next to the top of the overflow tube lower the tank level to 1/2" below the top of the pipe. Good luck, tom
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