I'm doing a renovation in my house - rebuilding the bathroom - all of the plumbing, and a good share of the wiring on the west end of the house. I'm working here alone - and usually have the radio turned on to NPR. Sometimes - I get sick of yelling at the radio - so I shut it off.
My hearing isn't very good - from years of riding motorcycles without a helmet, from gunfire, from radio static (I was a radioman in the service) - so I don't hear the bugs fart.
I keep hearing a ticktickticktick noise. It sounded vaguely metallic. About like somebody tapping a coin on a desk. I could hear it best next to the south wall - where there was no electric - except for a vent fan. The only water is the toilet drain and the drainage vents.
It was very rhythmic - between 110 and 115 bpm. Not loud - the radio covered it mostly.
Days go by - and I keep hearing it. The SO said she's never heard it.
Tickticktickticktick......
Grrrrrr...
I decide to get serious. I turn off all the electric in the house.
Tickticktickticktick......
I go drain all the pressure out of the water pipes.
Tickticktickticktick......
WTF?
Thing is - every once in a while it stops - and stays stopped for a while - making it all the more fun to try and find.
I go outside - and when I get close to where I hear it best inside - I hear it.
Tickticktickticktick......
Then I look up and see it......
.....
Guess what it was?
My hearing isn't very good - from years of riding motorcycles without a helmet, from gunfire, from radio static (I was a radioman in the service) - so I don't hear the bugs fart.
I keep hearing a ticktickticktick noise. It sounded vaguely metallic. About like somebody tapping a coin on a desk. I could hear it best next to the south wall - where there was no electric - except for a vent fan. The only water is the toilet drain and the drainage vents.
It was very rhythmic - between 110 and 115 bpm. Not loud - the radio covered it mostly.
Days go by - and I keep hearing it. The SO said she's never heard it.
Tickticktickticktick......
Grrrrrr...
I decide to get serious. I turn off all the electric in the house.
Tickticktickticktick......
I go drain all the pressure out of the water pipes.
Tickticktickticktick......
WTF?
Thing is - every once in a while it stops - and stays stopped for a while - making it all the more fun to try and find.
I go outside - and when I get close to where I hear it best inside - I hear it.
Tickticktickticktick......
Then I look up and see it......
.....
Guess what it was?
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