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Vibrating and humming noises in house

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Shibby585 · 11/11/2021 12:36

Hoping for some advice before I go mad. We have been hearing noises in our house for over a year which sound like a TV on too loud and a vibrating through the bed.

We have turned off all electric in our house, the gas and mains and it persisted and we went and stopped at another house to make sure it wasn't us. Upon further investigation it seemed that there was a wall mounted TV causing the issue and when this was turned off the sound was better.

However we could still hear something and feel the vibration. I asked the neighbour and they said everything was off and offered to help.

They do have a TV with speakers and a sound bar and do stop up late as they both work shifts, but we have been assured that this was off when we said we could feel it.

We obviously don't want to be accusing the neighbours if it is not them, is there any way to prove where this sound and vibration is coming from. They do tend to leave the tv's on all night, and advised the heating is on too. We don't want to accuse anyone as they have been working with us but it's really affecting our mental health.

How do we get toe the bottom of this?

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jimmyhill · 11/11/2021 13:26

A constant low frequency hum could be a noisy fridge against a shared wall. Where is their kitchen?

Shibby585 · 11/11/2021 13:13

Also just wanted to chip in we have lived here a few years and it only started a year or so ago. So why all of a sudden can we hear something after 3+ years of peace?

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Shibby585 · 11/11/2021 13:05

We thought of the hum but seems to stop at another house and when they are out? It only really started when they both started working nights and we used a fan to cover the noise. The vibrating is new, but so are the TV speakers :/

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BigYellowHat · 11/11/2021 12:52

How loud is it? I only ask because there’s something called ‘The Hum’. Only a small proportion of the population can hear it and it’s more prevalent in certain areas (our city being one of them) Look it up on YouTube and you can see if it fits the bill. It drives DH mad yet I can’t hear it.