Electrical buzzing noise coming from floorboards and ceiling

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There is a strange buzzing noise

I have this in my house too! Drives me mad. We call it The Noise...

hi, i am waiting for someone from our housing association to come out. they have told me to turn the power off at the mains. so it is freezing. seems like it may be a wiring problem. the buzzing gets louder when i walk in a particulas part of his room wonder what that itut. sorry for any typos i am on my phone using the mumsnet app but i cant actually see the message box.

At first I thought it was someone in the next door property hoovering (but quietly lol), then I thought I had some weird Tinnitus that only comes on in the house. It is consistent in every room, never gets louder/changer pitch. It's been like that since we moved in over 2 yrs ago - but we had a full rewire.

Hope they come soon so you don't have to sit in the cold too long.

I wonder if you have downlighters or spotlights with 12volt bulbs and a transformer in the ceiling. Dimmer switches can also buzz.

BTW it is a bit OTT to turn off all the power. If you have multiple MCBs (trip switches) in the consumer unit you can turn off the circuits one at a time until you find one that stops the noise.

The MCBs will (should) be labelled with circuit names such as "upstairs lights" "Cooker" "Downstairs sockets"

will it be ok to turn downstairs power do you think. i would kill for a coffee right now. no no dimmers or spotlights. the light in the hall downstairs soetimes doesnt work, if i switch it off then immediately turn it on again it doesnt work

right power back on. i have turned upstairs sockets and lights off. so far no noise

that's good.

If you turned off two circuits and the noise stopped, turn one of them on for a bit.

If the noise is heat-dependent, it may not start straight away.

Do you have any timeswitches?

Does the noise depend on your cetral heating being on?

have you got any fluorescent lights?

Dimmer switches can be very buzzy indeed.

the noise was a loose glass panel above the door. when one of the floorboards are walked on or the doorframe is touched it vibrates how embarrasing. and the light that wont always turn on is due to a faulty bulb. and to think i sat iwm the dark for that

sorry for bad grammer, on the phone again

At least it is sorted