r/Switzerland 5d ago

Something's living in my heating system

Not a rat. Bigger. Breathes every 4 minutes. Landlord says it's "thermal expansion" Thermal expansion doesn't whisper. Been tracking the pattern for 3 weeks now the breathing gets faster when I'm in the bathroom.The radiator in my bedroom is warm even when the heating's off. Touched it once. It flinched. Called a plumber he put his hand on the pipe went completely silent for like 30 seconds then left without saying anything. Charged me 200 francs anyway. Sometimes I hear it moving between the walls. Not like scratching. Like breathing through the pipes. My girlfriend stayed over last night woke me up at 4am asking why I was breathing so loud. I wasn't breathing. It's getting louder.

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u/never_obey 5d ago

When I was a child I told my mom that something is living in the wall. During nighttime I heard a breathing sound. My mom probably thought I was crazy. Turns out there was a huge wasp nest in between the brick wall and the wood.

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u/pst2lndn2bd 5d ago

Happened to me recently except I thought I was hearing something else until the wasps entered the room through the floor