People in first floor flats. Does your washing machine shake the whole house?

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I converted a small first floor room into a mini laundry room but the spin cycle literally shakes the whole house. My bathroom vibrates, the toilet seat bangs like there is a poltergeist taking a shite, if anyone leaves a cup on the sink it vibrates off and often smashes.

I have the washer and dryer stacked but not touching. The washer is underneath with a shelf built above it with the dryer on top.

There is a gap. Should i bring the shelf down and make it tight so there is no gap?

What can I do?

DH says the joists that the washer is on run under the adjoining wall so the bathroom is on the same floor planks thats why it shakes so much but surely all floors are like that? Why didnt our whole kitchen shake previously?

Surely lots of people have washing machines on upper floors?

Is the washing machine level? There are bolts underneath it. It might be the cause of the vibration

How old is the washer. Could be that the bearings have gone.

Anti vibration mat and make sure it's actually level?

We converted the box room into an upstairs laundry room in our Victorian house,
so the beams are thicker than modern houses. Ours are side by side on anti vibration mats and we also put foam between them and between the edges of the counter sides they sit under. The washer noticeably vibrates the floor when you are in the room or in the bathroom next door but elsewhere we
dont notice it.
You will always get vibration when it’s upstairs and not on a solid floor, and modern houses have thin beams. Essential to ensure its level and use anti vibration measure like those above.

I have no advice for you, but “the toilet seat bangs like a poltergeist taking a shite” is one of the most descriptive phrases I’ve seen for ages. Properly made me giggle.

🤣 It is such a racket.
I have to put a loo roll between the seat and bowl to minimise the rattling.

I'm going to look into all this tomorrow. Pull the thing out and check if its even.

We do have a mat underneath it thats supposed to stop vibrations but its not doing its job very well.

We are in a terrace but the way the houses are the house to the left of us, the bathroom isn't connected to them in anyway so I don't think it travels to them, but on the right there is only a hallway but nobody lives there right now but I would like to get it sorted before someone moves in.