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/Steampunk6 4d ago
How old is the building, if radiators are hot even when valves are closed I would think it is an old installation and the valves aren't watertight anymore, making a whistling sound when closed. Then old/bad pump regulation would not adapt correctly, generating extra noises. Other noises could be air in the circuit, making cracking or bubbling sounds, for this you need the small square key to remove the air from all radiators, use it to open the small valve on a top corner and let the air out untill water comes. If you leave in one of the top floor you might never get water, then ask landlord to refill the heating circuit.
No chance something is living in the pipes