I'm currently living in a flat in a 1930s block on the top (2nd floor) of the building.
There are noises from the ceiling which I initially thought were the pipes in the central heating system expanding, but they are near-constant - it's not like they happen when you turn the heating on or off. It's not pipe hammer. If you can imagine a cross between the noise expanding copper pipes make and the noise of a fan catching its housing as it rotates faster and faster and then slows down. There is a combi-boiler.
Can anyone diagnose what it is? It's not my house so not my problem to fix but it's keeping us awake at night.
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loud noises in ceiling - central heating?
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Posted 4 months ago #
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tv aerial wire resonating in the wind and tapping the roof?
Aerial mast resonating in the wind?
Gutter doing them same?
Id be surprised if there are any pipes up therePosted 4 months ago # -
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Are there any extractor fans, for your property or others below you?
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Squirrels digging about in loft insulation/lagging?
see if you can see any holes or potential routes in under the eaves?They're little shits if it is fluffy rats the land lord really needs to know.
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it's not an animal, the noises are too rhythmic, and for the same reason I don't think it's aerials or guttering.
we don't have an extractor fan, but others might and I did wonder about this as it does sound like something rotating.
maybe I need to see if I can get onto the roof.Posted 4 months ago # -
anyone any ideas? I can't think it would be anything other than the central heating pipes, but why is it so rhythmic and why is it happening so much?
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Got to be either a ghost or the bogey man
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Turn off you electric at the meter- see if the noise stops. If it does try turning the power back on one circuit at a time. But given that its a flat in a larger building theres every chance the noise is coming from a bit of hardware belonging to someone else.
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Spinning chimney cowl?
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