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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on January 09, 2010, 01:31:07 PM
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All buildings make noises - creaks, squeaks and suchlike, more or less predictably.
House 2, with which I am still not entirely familiar, makes all kinds of unexpected noises, like a farting baby, which don't seemto relate to its fabric.
I just heard a sort of clunking rustle. Naturally I rushed off to find out what it was, but it had gone away. cussing:
I sti down again and what now, a bit creak from upstairs. Off I go again. Nothing cussing:
Do houses just spontaneously make puzzling noises?
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Haunted
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No, House 1 was haunted but we had it exorcised angel1
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It's the sound of your broken spirit whistle:
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lol:
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All buildings make noises - creaks, squeaks and suchlike, more or less predictably.
House 2, with which I am still not entirely familiar, makes all kinds of unexpected noises, like a farting baby, which don't seemto relate to its fabric.
I just heard a sort of clunking rustle. Naturally I rushed off to find out what it was, but it had gone away. cussing:
I sti down again and what now, a bit creak from upstairs. Off I go again. Nothing cussing:
Do houses just spontaneously make puzzling noises?
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Yep.
Lived in many houses and they all make strange noises. One cottage was haunted, there are those who may scoff but I am certain it was. The one which really used to drive me barmy was an old farm house which had mice scratching about in the eves. It disturbed my sleep and wound me up as the poison/traps hadn't worked and some of my property was going to be ruined. evil:
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You are Mrs DS#1 and I claim my ?5.00
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All houses creak, crack and generally make odd noises. Temperature changes have a lot to do with the various sounds. This place is never quiet. 3 in the morning seems to be the noisiest time.
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All buildings make noises - creaks, squeaks and suchlike, more or less predictably.
House 2, with which I am still not entirely familiar, makes all kinds of unexpected noises, like a farting baby, which don't seemto relate to its fabric.
I just heard a sort of clunking rustle. Naturally I rushed off to find out what it was, but it had gone away. cussing:
I sti down again and what now, a bit creak from upstairs. Off I go again. Nothing cussing:
Do houses just spontaneously make puzzling noises?
It is simply the sound of your bed springs recovering... ::)
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I was awake at 2 this morning listening to an odd, intermittent tapping sound coming from the wall behind the headboard. rubschin: It was different from the usual creaks. I couldn't figure out what was causing it.
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Death Watch Beetle noooo:
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As the outside temperature goes down, the wooden boards and metal parts that makes up the house contract a little. The metal parts contract more than the wood does, so the nails, pipes, air ducts, and so on rub against the wood. Also, wood rubs against wood. All that rubbing can make creaking sounds. At night, when the whole house is cooling down and everyone is quiet, we may hear a lot of creaking.
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Far too sensible to be true. I think it's goblins
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Death Watch Beetle noooo:
Don't think so:
these woodborers create a tapping or ticking sound that can be heard in old building rafters during quiet summer nights.
Bit too chilly for them at the moment.
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Goblins eh Nick? eyes:
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::)
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Death Watch Beetle noooo:
Don't think so:
these woodborers create a tapping or ticking sound that can be heard in old building rafters during quiet summer nights.
Bit too chilly for them at the moment.
rubschin:
Termites
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Aphids rubschin:
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Nah, they are all dead. Until the spring anyhoo
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Could goblins be bad for your elf? whistle:
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Racoons?
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Mahoosive spiders?
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Growler rubschin:
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Mrs Nick trying to get out?
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Mrs Nick trying to get out?
Or in
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Oh no, she has already come and gone
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drumroll:
lol:
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Goblins eh Nick? eyes:
Swallows perhaps?
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I believe they have already gone South
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Mahoosive spiders?
Your 30,000th post Nick, a fantastic achievement.
Quite apt that it was as thought provoking as all the others...
;)
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Aphids rubschin:
You takin' the piss like ey, are you? evil:
Noise in your head ey? rubschin:
Rest me case, yet again. ::)
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Aphids rubschin:
You takin' the piss like ey, are you? evil:
Noise in your head ey? rubschin:
Rest me case, yet again. ::)
Is Nick "Miss D" too?. He's a scit skit he's got multiple personalities
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Noooooo I am my own person unless the invasion of the body snatchers has actually happened.
Big G - I was simply referring to one of Nicks obsessions that appear to be distorting his world not mine
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Woke at about 2:30am ~ not a sound.
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Noooooo I am my own person unless the invasion of the body snatchers has actually happened.
Big G - I was simply referring to one of Nicks obsessions that appear to be distorting his world not mine
Aphids is my domain. I was merely suggesting in a serious way that Aphids wre not going to like this nippy weather, but HE, and now you it seems, are taking the matter too lightly, poking fun at me like.
Can't 'ave a sensible conservation 'round here. noooo:
How's the voices in yer nut this morning then oh scruffy bearded one? lol:
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You can take the fun poking - I know you can ;)
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You can take the fun poking - I know you can ;)
Not everyone thinks like you though MD, not everyone. noooo:
;)
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You can take the fun poking - I know you can ;)
shutup:
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You can take the fun poking - I know you can ;)
shutup:
Take DS for instance, yes, take him....please! ;)
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Unawares, like? rubschin:
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or to the cleaners rubschin:
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I have been trying to track down the running water noise. Found it. Fooking BURST PIPE. cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: All water and heating now off.
About three inches of water in utility area Banghead Banghead
Can't see where to unplug washing machine eeek: scared2:
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Get Mrs Nick in
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Get Mrs Nick in
Or better still, a PLUMBER. ::)
SEVERE WARNING.
DO NOT DIY!!!
or the friggin werld WILL end under a mahoosive tidle wave.
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It was at a join in the piping which had come adrift. I have bashed it with a hammer and the leak appears to stopped.All that water in the semi outside utility area will now freeze into my own private ice rink scared2:
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About three inches of water in utility area
The clue is in the name, at least something in your house is obedient!
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The pipe next to it has now burst too Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
AND I CAN'T FIND THE STOPCOCK!! cussing:
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Where did you last have it?
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If it involves cocks get Mrs Nick over to sort it out ...she will soon bleed it dry whistle:
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If it involves cocks get Mrs Nick over to sort it out ...she will soon bleed it dry whistle:
Ouch, that's a bit below the belt.
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Miss D,
My lazy cow of a missus wont shift her arse out of bed due to 2 nights of boozing.
I am expected to put a new curtain rail up, go to Morrisons, iron et al whilst looking after the three nippers.
I have done the usual man moaning, played the guilt card (be nice for the kids to see their mother) to no avail.
Please please please could you loan me a put down as comprehensive as the one above?
Many thanks,
Mr H
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If it involves cocks get Mrs Nick over to sort it out ...she will soon bleed it dry whistle:
Ouch, that's a bit below the belt.
lol:
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The pipe next to it has now burst too Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
AND I CAN'T FIND THE STOPCOCK!! cussing:
It'll be in the last place you look, mark my werds like... whistle:
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Miss D,
My lazy cow of a missus wont shift her arse out of bed due to 2 nights of boozing.
I am expected to put a new curtain rail up, go to Morrisons, iron et al whilst looking after the three nippers.
I have done the usual man moaning, played the guilt card (be nice for the kids to see their mother) to no avail.
Please please please could you loan me a put down as comprehensive as the one above?
Many thanks,
Mr H
Don't think I am that brave Mr H scared2:
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I mended a burst pipe at 0500 hrs this morning ~ Easy (if you know how) whistle:
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I mended a burst pipe at 0500 hrs this morning ~ Easy (if you know how) whistle:
DO NOT TELL HIM HOW TO FFS, or we'll all die. eeek:
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I found the main stopcock earlier but the outhouse extension is on a separate supply. I finally found it behind the fooking washing machine. I have been drenched for hours sad32:
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happy100
Is the Snoopy and Growler tag team going to come round and help you fix it
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No, I will get a MAN in tomorrow like ::)
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No, I will get a MAN in tomorrow like ::)
Yes, I doubt if the local plumbers have any werk on at the moment! point:
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bs: Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
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I found the main stopcock earlier but the outhouse extension is on a separate supply. I finally found it behind the fooking washing machine. I have been drenched for hours sad32:
So you can presumably isolate the problem area whilst leaving a water supply to the rest of the property?
Unfortunately I had to shut all supplies off this morning as the pipe that burst had been fitted by a previous owner who had failed to provide the extension to the system with a separate stop cock. I was not amused. Repairs having been completed you can be assured that it now has its own stop cock cussing:
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Correct.But the washing machine was mid cycle when I shut off the water. And of course moving it whilst full of water was tricky. Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
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I'd suggest a complaint to your landlord but ............................... whistle:
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scared2:
I did tell her though I minimised my account of the damage. SHe advised me to get a man in
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Ah ~ you see, the minute you let things move away from a business footing these landlords start to take liberties. It is her responsibility to get the man in whistle:
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Have you gone completely mad? eeek:
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No ~ just taking the p***, gently. ;)
Seriously, was the leak the cause of the noise or is that another issue to be dealt with?
It was the distant sound of the header tank refilling, constantly, that alerted me as I am not in the habit of wandering the grounds at that time of the morning. Once I had shut off the water the noise ceased.
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It was a gushing noise. The noise of, um, gushing! Banghead Banghead
Strangely even the hot water pipe burst rubschin: I spose that is the well known Mpembo effect
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It was a gushing noise. The noise of, um, gushing! Banghead Banghead
Strangely even the hot water pipe burst rubschin: I spose that is the well known Mpembo effect
No ~ that is bad luck.
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I have just found a floorboard upstairs which makes a farting noise when I stand on it. I can't seem to leave it alone now redface:
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You'll be falling through any minute now scared2:
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I have just found a floorboard upstairs which makes a farting noise when I stand on it.
Yes, of course. char048
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Got any spare water Nick? We are in dire need down here cry:
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I'll put the kettle on hun angel1
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Got any spare water Nick? We are in dire need down here cry:
Drink collapso
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Collapso might well enter the equation redface:
It's getting very neighbourly and a bit like camping as the residents to and fro to the stand pipe exchanging curses against TW lol:
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I can hear the sound of gunfire from nearby scared2:. Sounds like shotguns scared2:
Don't want to go and investigate scared2:
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I can hear the sound of gunfire from nearby scared2:. Sounds like shotguns scared2:
Don't want to go and investigate scared2:
Firing range on the marshes you great tit. ::)
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Not normally on a Friday rubschin:
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Not normally on a Friday rubschin:
Well p'raps they are catching up on missed sessions due to the dire and previously never before experienced dangerously severe unprecedented unbelievably atrocious weather you've obviously been severly suffering from over there in your desperate 'micro climate'. scared2: ::)
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I can hear the sound of gunfire from nearby scared2:. Sounds like shotguns scared2:
Don't want to go and investigate scared2:
Drive by shootings!
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Too much collapso last night and rice crispies for brekky I expect