Something's ticking in my house..

YellowFeather

Just got home from my last day in work this year to find something in my house is ticking. Now, I had a few beers, but not enough to cause random hallucinogenic ticking. It's not a clock and it's not the heating. WTF???

Professey Chin

Kaboom

humbert

Radiator heating?

McChubbin

Reminded me of this!

It's the clockwork men from madame de pompadour

Femme_Fatale

A cable or branch outside tapping against the window because of the wind? I used to be trying to figure out what a ticking in my place was too, and that was the answer.

Eeden

A leak in the ceiling?

The Backwards Man

It's your biological clock.

Run outside and ride somebody, quick!!

SeanPuddin

This bastard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathwatch_beetle

Thought I was losing my mind...

chrismon

Do you have an analogue time clock for your heating?
It could be that

DazMarz

Bomb. 100%.

YellowFeather

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

A cable or branch outside tapping against the window because of the wind? I used to be trying to figure out what a ticking in my place was too, and that was the answer.

Nah - at first I thought it was rain, but it's not raining.

YellowFeather

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's your biological clock.

Run outside and ride somebody, quick!!

No. It's cold outside.

The Backwards Man

bluewolf wrote: »

scary puppets

I just watched that with the sound down. Very disturbing.

ShatterProof

Timer switch

anncoates

Tinnitus

Aestivalis

Skrrk! Skrrk! Skrrk!

garde2k10

McChubbin wrote: »

Reminded me of this!

was just about to link it haha

TeddyTedson

You're so broody this time of year.
Don't have kids though, you'll become no craic after you do

zenno

I think I have found what your ticking noise is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_jeddgH8SU

YellowFeather

Well, no, it's not the heating. That was the first thing I checked. Heating on or or off it's still going. Doesn't seem to be coming from attic either. Sounds like a kid hitting a stick off another stick right inside my front door. And I took those fecking sticks off that stupid kid.

YellowFeather

TeddyTedson wrote: »

You're so broody this time of year.
Don't have kids though, you'll become no craic after you do

Says the man knitting pink booties..

Archeron

Listen very carefully to where it's coming from, and just as you've almost narrowed it down....it will stop. I remember this from when I lived in an in old house when I was a kid, used to freak me out. Haven't heard someone mention it in yonks.

The Backwards Man

Crabs?

Or maybe some of these bucks that chased Tom Selleck?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6ybohAVq8

zenno

Probably an insect like this ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6MI7_ekHR8

lemd

Deathwatch beetle, is it an old house?

YellowFeather

Thanks guys. Yeah - probably crabs / insects / serial killer.

I'd prefer the serial killer.

zenno

YellowFeather wrote: »

Thanks guys. Yeah - probably crabs / insects / serial killer.

I'd prefer the serial killer.

Are you sure ?

YellowFeather

lemd wrote: »

Deathwatch beetle, is it an old house?

Yep - fairly old. But well maintained I thought.

lau1247

zenno wrote: »

Are you sure ?

probably meant cereal killer :pac:

mustard_igloo

Could it be mice in the walls?

The stuf nightmares are made of..

YellowFeather

zenno wrote: »

Are you sure ?

Yep. I may be able to reason with a serial killer. Have you ever tried reasoning with a beetle??

philstar

deathwatch beetle

Mariasofia

YellowFeather wrote: »

Thanks guys. Yeah - probably crabs / insects / serial killer.

I'd prefer the serial killer.

Disregard the next ten or so pms....... :-D

Valmont

I had this problem last week -- you need to unwind your chess timer.

WellThen?

Vibrator?

YellowFeather

mustard_igloo wrote: »

Could it be mice in the walls?

The stuf nightmares are made of..

I wouldn't mind mice so much - couple of humane traps. Plus, mice don't tick.

The Backwards Man

Definitely an insect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYu1SK9XyP8

YellowFeather

Valmont wrote: »

I had this problem last week -- you need to unwind your chess timer.

Another chess timer-related scare..

WellThen? wrote: »

Vibrator?

What kind of vibrator goes "tick"?

mustard_igloo

YellowFeather wrote: »

I wouldn't mind mice so much - couple of humane traps. Plus, mice don't tick.

Sometimes the noise of them can be confused. But don't listen to me I just got 9 out of 13 on that science quiz thread. Tbh, I'm only short of telling you Anne Franks living in your gaff.

zenno

I had this ticking sound years ago, and I was looking everywhere for it's location and I ended up in the spare room where there was a typewriter in a case and it sounded like it was coming from inside it.

I opened the typewriter bag and inside was 7 gold and silver rings that my father lost months before. The ticking sound ceased then. So it might be an omen...track it down, there could be gold or silver inside.

Paruparo

If it's inside your door, is it the disc spinning in the electricity meter?

I lived in an old house before and you could see the disc spinning. If I put on a shower or something, it would speed up.

YellowFeather

mustard_igloo wrote: »

I'm only short of telling you Anne Franks living in your gaff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5FRPfGiC8

LordSutch

YellowFeather wrote: »

Just got home from my last day in work this year to find something in my house is ticking. Now, I had a few beers, but not enough to cause random hallucinogenic ticking. It's not a clock and it's not the heating. WTF???

Central heating causing pipes to expand 'ticking' /creaking against cold wooden floorboards?

TeddyTedson

YellowFeather wrote: »

Yep - fairly old. But well maintained I thought.

What's the address so we can monitor it on google street and make sure nobody breaks in while you're getting some sleep :P
Boards can be like that service where people use CCTV cameras to monitor parks and whatnot.

Iridium66

YellowFeather wrote: »

Yep - fairly old. But well maintained I thought.

Are you still talking about your house?

[Yay! my first AH answer]

lau1247

YellowFeather wrote: »

What kind of vibrator goes "tick"?

This kind

stefan idiot jones

Clockwork monkey with cymbals?

Poltergeist?

YellowFeather

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

Clockwork monkey with cymbals?

Poltergeist?

Aren't both of those things evil?

Nah, in the cold light of day, it turns out I was just clicking my fingers.

Now, what the fuck is that Christmas-themed humming noise...

YellowFeather

YellowFeather wrote: »

Just got home from my last day in work this year to find something in my house is ticking. Now, I had a few beers, but not enough to cause random hallucinogenic ticking. It's not a clock and it's not the heating. WTF???

Have you checked for a Safe in your floor that you until now did not know was there - but you have neither key nor combination to?