There's something whining in my house....

We had something similar recently Katek I was in the house on my own and there was this intermittent whining noise which seemed to be coming from the back bedroom. I couldn't track it down and it was driving me mad. When DH came home, I told him and typically it had stopped. Then it started up again and he said 'oh the radiator in the bedroom probably needs bleeding'. He was right!

May just adopt your strategy Katyk and wait for DH to come home! He's due in after lunch from Amsterdam - 'welcome home dear, now can you fix that noise!'

In our house it's probably ME!!

I tracked a whining noise to a bedroom that GD uses and found that it was a toy kitchen blender in a plastic crate. The GC had visited that afternoon and had been playing restaurants

It's very annoying when you can't track a noise down.

Passenger: "What's that whining noise?"
Air Stewardess: "Nervous passengers, Sir."

In my case, it's tinnitus.

Crun!!
DH has so far failed to track down the noise-says he can't hear it, but I think he's having a few issues in the aural department. Not that he'd admit it.

I remember the sleepless nights trying to track down the noise that kept waking me up in the small hours about 25 years ago. It turned out to be the low battery warning on the smoke alarm. I didn't recognise it because I'd never heard it before.

I had one of those crun. It would give a solitary bleep and wake me up and then be silent while I searched for the source of the noise. Once I had settled back to sleep it would bleep again.

Could be computer related? Do you leave it on standby?

x

I listen permanently to a high pitched whine which no one else can hear - are you sure Katek that you haven't developed tinnitus?!

Nope, no tinnitus. Just been through full gamut of hearing tests and hearing is fine. Must try looking for laptop-don't use it often as iPad/iPhone is so handy.

I get a whining sound from my central heating system sometimes.

Me too, Tegan!

Sky box? Ours sort of whines.

Starting to get somewhere....DH suspects (after I convinced him to listen properly and not just man listen) that the problem lies with the transformer for our low voltage under cupboard lights in the kitchen. He'll be poking around in there all day tomorrow now. Loves a problem.

I was tormented by something similar in our bedroom. Eventually I tracked it down to the switch on an unused plug socket being left in the ON position. One would think that makes no difference if no item is plugged into the socket but it obviously did!

Our humax drives us wild, but if you want to video something in the night typically you just leave it on.

My hearing is fine but I still have tinnitus - a high-pitched buzz.

My elderly neighbour called me last week to complain about a buzzing noise coming through the wall from our house. I knew we did not have any noise here but as he obviously thought I was hiding something sinister I went next door to check. Sure enough there was a buzzing noise. After much discussion I was allowed to look in their cupboard next to party wall & there was a battery operated pepper grinder in there buzzing away merrily. He was still a bit suspicious that it WAS us (because they had never ever used the grinder) but admitted the noise stopped when I turned it off. It had been going on for ages apparently.
I should add we don't have a habit of making strange noises to annoy our neighbours- they usually say they never hear us (they are VERY deaf) but he obviously thought we were up to no good in here for some reason- made me laugh anyway.
Any pepper grinders hidden away anywhere?

I don't hear a whine but a deep hum especially at night. Some nights it's not there. ...bliss. I have to use my phone to play wave noise to try to blank it out. hugs

I had a similar experience one night-I got out of bed and checked the house but could not find where it was coming from.It drove me mad for days-until I realised it was in my own head.Tinnitus!
That was some years ago and I still suffer with it but have learned to cope with it.If you cannot find a cause,I would consider a hearing test.

Our gas and electric metres (in porch!) both make noises that I can hear clearly when the world is quiet. Also, low drone of traffic on the main road over a mile away. I think some of us just notice these things more than others.

We had a low buzzing noise which we could hear when sitting in our conservatory. We never got to the bottom of what it was. Then it stopped. This house is full of peculiar noises. It creaks like an old sailing ship at times, and i've woken up inthe night sometimes convinced that there is someone walking up the stairs! DH says it's 'settlement noises'! It's been up fourteen years - how much longer does it need to settle?? As of yesterday, every time i go into the dining room i can smell mint, though neither of us has used or eaten anything minty! Christmas paranoia?