To ask mumsnet to help me identify mystery noise

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Hi newbie here so hello 🤦‍♂️

I've recently moved into a lovely detached property but I've noticed a very low level humming sound in the mornings. I'm a very light sleeper so if I wake up I struggle get back to sleep because of this. It sounds like an electrical hum if that makes sense. Or if you lived in a semi and your neighbour was hoovering kinda thing. Wearing earplugs makes it worse as it intensifies the sound. I've tried turning off the boiler and killed the main fuse switch but it's still there! Any ideas? X

Also it's not constant. It appears in random bouts at about 5 seconds in length 🤷‍♂️

Wearing earplugs intensifies the sound? Could you have tinnitus?

Are u near any electricity pilons? If u are rural and its quiet sometimes u can hear them. Or do u have an xbox or firestick? I've noticed mine kinda buzzing if its left on with power at the socket?

Is it only in the early morning, or all the time? If only the morning, does it always start and stop at the same time?

Cross post, sorry.

Not tinnitus as the noise is mornings only. I wear earplugs to sleep no problems at all.

Our neighbours had trouble with rats and they bought a sonic trap which let's of sounds every few seconds. They could put it on a timer. It really bugged us when we didn't know about it. And even when they moved it the dogs could still hear it and it drove them crazy

The main control box for my burglar alarm hums/buzzes but it's a constant sound, not intermittent.

So you charge your phones in the bedroom? Sometimes if the cable isn't quite plugged in to my charger properly it hums when it's charging and it drives me mad!

I'd happily pay for an expert to come and identify the noise lol.

Can you get different types of earplugs that would cancel out the sound?

If you're hearing it more with earplugs sounds more like a vibration type thing?

As I said earlier, I've turned off the mains supply and it was still there. So it's nothing that is plugged in.

If its not the boiler / heating then is it the fridge ? Ours kicks in and makes a humming noise like a vibration, sometimes it’s louder if there is something in slightly the wrong place (ie salad tray against milk carton) .

Alternatively is your house detached - if not it might be the noise from someone else’s house , but I’m still confused why earplugs make it worse.

Something is resonating then if you still ‘hear’ it through earplugs. Do you have a metal bed frame? Wooden floor? Even metal window frames?

Yes Polly it's exactly like a vibration sound.

Could it be wasps or bees? We had wasps in the loft you could hear them in the bedroom. A low level buzz

Cars on the road...
I have it here, drove me mad, till I suddenly realised....

Something locally to you is being switched on/started up and it’s resonating at a frequency which is being amplified by something close to you in your room, I would suggest.

Try a white noise app?

You can hear it in all rooms even downstairs.

could be air in the pipes?

Does it always happen at the same time each morning?
Is it every morning?

What sort of location are you in - miles from anywhere, village, town, near public transport, industry etc?

Maybe Somone is digging a tunnel underneath my house.

Have you asked your neighbours?

is it your heating/water?

Can other people hear it?

It’s called the hum it’s a phenomenon around the world. I heard it too when I moved into my new house. I’ve tuned it out now and it doesn’t wake me up anymore x

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