Why does my shower make a humming noise?
A humming noise in the shower while water is running is often caused by a vibrating valve component, such as a loose washer or a faulty pressure-balancing unit in the faucet. This vibration travels through the pipes and creates an irritating sound that can disrupt your home.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Disconnecting the showerhead and cleaning itDid this help you?
- 2Removing the flow reducer or restrictorDid this help you?
- 3Replacing the cartridgeDid this help you?
- 4Using chemical drain cleaners like DrainoDid this help you?
- 5Shutting off the valves on the backflow one at a time to see if the noise stopsDid this help you?
- 6Uploading a clip to an AI tool to get a preliminary idea of what might be happeningDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I don’t know who to turn to so I ran to Reddit.”source ↗
“This thing goes off seemingly at random. It’s in the basement but I can hear it on the third floor.”source ↗
“My shower drain is clogged (I guess) but draino didn’t fix it. It makes this dripping noise after showering and it lasts through the middle of the night.”source ↗
Where this came up
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