To ask mumsnet to help me identify mystery noise

[Rubydread]

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

Yes it seems to happen randomly in the mornings. Not every morning. Oddly enough it has been the last 2 Mondays.

We live on a new build estate. It's a countryside location. The noise starts around 5am ish. There is no traffic or anyone around at that time.

is it only mornings?

can you hear it from outside?

Oh my goodness, I remember hearing a radio programme about that! Of course.

An old Fridge? Freezer?

Wiltshirelass

That's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for. Having read the website I can confirm I can hear the hum 🤦‍♂️

freaky

Rubydread it drove me mad trying to find the noise in my house until I came across ‘the hum’. My husband couldn’t hear anything. Anyway I don’t hear it anymore I’m used to it now x

Could there be a tube tunnel underneath you?

Mornings only and you can't hear it outsideoutside.

OP, could it be that someone has set up a sonic pest scarer? They are devices that are either hi stand or sense movement, but emit a sound that only foxes, pigeons or cats can hear as a deterrent (different frequencies apply) but sometimes humans can kind of detect the vibrations too?

constant, not “hi stand”

My virgin tv box woke me up this morning, it kind of quietly whirrs and whooshes.
Could it be something like that?

We kept noticing a weird electrical humming vibration at odd but regular times too. Turns it a neighbouring business had installed a massive fuck off server in their building without proper sound insulation. I called the council and made a complaint and they had to beef up the insulation.

I hear ‘it’ too! Started in my teens, thought I was going mad. Tried cleaning my ears, rearranging pillows, changing the pillow cases during the night, nothing works so I’m just used to it now.

Electric cattle fence?

Are you near Bristol? They have a hum
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/magazine-35344544

I get this as well. It nearly drove me mad at first. I even resorted to driving round the countryside at night trying to find the source. I never did. My wife can't hear it at all.

Just accept it and it stops being a problem.

Next doors boiler sometimes emitted long continuous hums. It stopped when it was replaced.

How far are you from a train line? I'm thinking especially heavy nuclear waste goods train?

Usually though these "there's a noise in my house" threads end up being a smoke/CO2 alarm running out of battery in the loft/boarded up wall.

Another one I read about was a neighbour's new aquarium pump.

That was humming 24 hours a day though.

I’ve never heard of the ‘hum’ before. That was an interesting read- thank you.

Do you have a sky box? They turn themselves off at 2am then back on again at 5am if they are in eco mode to cool down and reset if necessary. I know this as I had a new SkyQ box yesterday, and it hadn't been doing this and had fried the hard drive

Or do you have an plug in alarm clock? I'm sure mine makes a very quiet hum when it's set for the next day

Did everyone miss the part where I said I've tried turning the electrics off?