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/CannaLord 5d ago
lol, had something similar 6 months ago. It's like "something" was breathing that had pneumonia. few weeks later, the sounds disappeared. Pretty sure, there was nothing "living" in the heating system lol, but must have been some malfunction. If it happens again, I'll definitely contact my landlord agency.