Identify source of noise pollution

nuckeythompson

Any distinct odours?

sKeith

Deleted User wrote: »

Try turning off every electronic device in the building. Then turn them back one by one. It may help. Even central heating pumps.

Good idea. Maybe quicker to do this at the main fusebox. shut every thing off and see if noise has stopped. This will confirm if its neighbour noise or home made noise. if its home made, bring them back one fuse at a time. until you ID the noisy circuit.

DaniilKharms

o1s1n wrote: »

That's what I'd start with alright. Switch off the mains electricity in your own house and see if you still hear it. Best to eliminate your own noise production before assuming it's coming from somewhere else.

And sure if that doesn't work there's always this

geecee

Years ago, I spent a fortune on doctors trying to get my "tinnitus" cured - every night I was unable to sleep because of this barely audible but annoying whine

Turned out that the sound I was hearing was coming from my laptop power supply!

More recently a noise that I was hearing in my apartment was tracked down as a loose ELCB for the storage heating in my fusebox. Like you it got louder at night once the night saver meter kicked in

So as others have suggested, turn off the electricity and see if the sound goes away... you can then eliminate devices one by one

the_syco

west star wrote: »

Drone and humm l would say

Maybe a washer-dryer combo, with the significant whine at the end in the final dry cycle?

Would be useful to do a wash of clothes, and great for pissing off the neighbors if you didn't like them.

Noo

You say the noise is travelling through the party wall? Put your ear up against the wall and see if you can hear it coming through the structure itself. If you can it is most likely structural borne noise which is caused by a piece of machinery not being properly isolated from the structure, they dont necessarily have to be particularly noisy, but the vibration of them can cause noise issues in other areas of a building.

dubrov

It probably is the dishwasher that your neighbours have started. Some dishwashers can take 4 hours plus when set to use eco mode

nuckeythompson

Grow house next door?

west star

Noo wrote: »

You say the noise is travelling through the party wall? Put your ear up against the wall and see if you can hear it coming through the structure itself. If you can it is most likely structural borne noise which is caused by a piece of machinery not being properly isolated from the structure, they dont necessarily have to be particularly noisy, but the vibration of them can cause noise issues in other areas of a building.

I see. So how is that solved. What exactly does ' not being properly isolated from the structure' mean

west star

west star wrote: »

I see. So how is that solved. What exactly does ' not being properly isolated from the structure' mean

I was woken at 2.30 am and again now.

Crazyivan 1979

Its incredibly difficult to pin point noise sources if you dont have cooperation from other parties, who you suspect are at fault for causing it.

Mobile app phone apps are not very accurate either and will only give you real time measurements, they wont frequency weight values and wont give you 1/3 octave bands which would be more useful at trying to determine sources.

ThisRegard

Fish tank pump was mentioned earlier in the thread. We have one a couple of years and you don't notice it during the day at all.

Come night time there's been times I've been sitting downstairs and wondering what the hell that noise is, you just seem to focus in on it. The tank was upstairs in my daughters room above the living room.

When there's no other ambient noise you could be noticing a neighbours fridge, pump etc that's close to, or against, the party wall.

pwurple

Sounds like your relationship with the neighbours is in tatters anyway.

If it is an appliance in their house (dishwasher, washing machine , water pump), they are under no obligation to change it for you anyway.

Can you move house?
Are you renting, or did you buy?

Can you find a detatched house in your price range?

west star

pwurple wrote: »

Sounds like your relationship with the neighbours is in tatters anyway.

If it is an appliance in their house (dishwasher, washing machine , water pump), they are under no obligation to change it for you anyway.

Can you move house?
Are you renting, or did you buy?

Can you find a detatched house in your price range?

The relationship with every neighbour disintegrates, not because they are bad people but because far too much sharp noise is travelling between the party wall.

I bought house, if l was renting ld be gone long ago, a detached house would be more expensive.

My understanding of the law is that no undue noise, in this case, noise coming from any appliance or system next door or vice versa is allowed between 11 pm and 7 am.

west star

west star wrote: »

pwurple wrote: »

Sounds like your relationship with the neighbours is in tatters anyway.

If it is an appliance in their house (dishwasher, washing machine , water pump), they are under no obligation to change it for you anyway.

Can you move house?
Are you renting, or did you buy?

Can you find a detatched house in your price range?

The relationship with every neighbour disintegrates, not because they are bad people but because far too much sharp noise is travelling between the party wall.

I bought house, if l was renting ld be gone long ago, a detached house would be more expensive.

My understanding of the law is that no undue noise, in this case, noise coming from any appliance or system next door or vice versa is allowed between 11 pm and 7 am.

I am just after calling the out- of-hours phone number of the council. I told them that l had everything turned off in my house and the noise is unbearable. Ear plugs don't mask it, and if they dont work nothing will. I told them l do not know where the noise is coming from. I asked them to send someone out to my house.

Does anyone know who can come to my house after 11pm , when traffic has quietened, to try to identify this noise.

kaymin

If I was you I'd get a friend to call in and see what s/he thinks. You may be so caught up in this issue that you may not be entirely reasonable about how bad or not the noise is.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Are you near the coast? Ships / Trawlers humming 24/7 where I live, especially when there is no wind.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Also garden water fountains can cause a hum similar to those of fridges.

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