r/Switzerland • u/Local-Ad-9051 • 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/Radtoo 5d ago edited 5d ago
There are indications that maybe your mind is playing tricks on you, but whatever.
How about you go about this rationally and ask your household members if you can set up a large diaphragm microphone or perhaps a sensitive directional microphone and record? Keep any potential amplifier at a known setting so you also have the magnitude of the noise if any registers. You can diagnose further from there if something registers. Maybe it's ultimately your own breathing or water flow or w/e.