noise

I recently realized I can hear water sloshing around when I put pressure (IE walking) over the flooring near where the front porch meets the main house. House was built in 2015, floor is concrete base with layer of plywood then Amtico (decent quality sealed flooring) glued on top. The house...

Make: Vauxhall Model: Astra j Engine size/Type: 1.7 CTDI ECOFLEX Year: 2011 Mileage: 98k Hello, My Astra makes a squealing noise on cold start ups. The sound comes from under the hood and dissipates after 5 minutes. I believe it could be linked to one of the belts. Just wondering if anyone...

Hi Can anyone suggest a diagnosis for the noise our Bosch Exxcel 1200 express is making? I'm thinking it must be either bearing or shock absorbers but not sure how to tell the difference. Drum seems to be rubbing and then spins off centre at certain speeds and starts knocking against the inside...

Hi guys, Hoping for some advice on how I can retro-soundproof my wood workshop. I say soundproof, but what I really mean is limit the sound to a level where my neighbours don't complain! As you can see on the images below, it's a very simple timber-frame shed. It was built to a cost and I...

Hi, I need to estimate the noise level for an air source heat pump and understand there is a calculator published by MCS, especially for planning standards. Would any specialists be kind enough to give me a steer to these resources? I understand this is an Excel sheet but I've not been able to...

Hi all Can anyone tell me what’s going on with our boiler? Approx, 8 years old, gets serviced each year, was last serviced in June 2021 with no faults. We have noticed a vibrating noise coming from the boiler where when you open the a tap for hot water (can be any tap in the house) everything...

Hi I wonder if anybody can enlighten me to what my problem may be. I have recently drained the CH and filled it back up, bleeding all the radiators. The system has an unvented cylinder with two zone valves. When the valves are fully open there is hardly any noise from the cylinder and the...

Not sure if DIYnot is the best place for this question but I can't think where else to ask, so here goes... I'm hoping someone in the building trade or just experienced in these things can offer some general advice when it comes different house constructions. To give a bit of background - for...

Hey, I'm a light sleeper and live in a quiet area. Most nights vans will bump over a speed hump near front of house accelerate away and wake me up. Anyone have any ideas please that help maintain sleep? Earbuds keep falling out. Beer works, but sadly I can't drink every night ;-) Thanks very much.

Hi all, In the midsts of skirting board hell, my less than 12-month-old Erbaur started intermittently screeching like hell when I turned it on - high pitched. I was worried something has gotten up inside it but upon taking the blade out I noticed there were circular scratch markings around where...

Hi, few weeks ago I noticed a tapping noise from the area of my kitchen where my boiler is. I've stripped all the boxing in from around the boiler and and there is no sign of water. The tapping is quite loud, I don't think I would hear water dripping from outside the boxing. Anyway the same...

Wondering if there are any solutions to prevent the heat from this flue causing the soffit (and facia) above it from expanding and contracting and therefore making a ticking type noise. I was thinking a sheet of aluminium or similar to deflect the heat?

I am working from home at the top of the house in a converted attic. As this is the top of the house, I usually bleed the radiator quite often due to air pockets which is fine and the Radiator gets hot. This is a new radiator, but it seems suddenly every 30 mins or so while the heating is on...

...hehe, who would have thought?) No, seriously, when the cheapo drill is running free, it generates a lot of noise. Too much in fact. The moment I lower the chuck i.e. using the handle/lever, it goes to what I consider as normal operating noise, so the problem is no more. But running free it's...

Hi all, I have a three-level, end of terrace house. It has an internal soil stack (black PVC), and it can be noisy. When people on higher levels flush, it is very audible in the sitting room. The stack doesn't pass through the sitting room. It passes through a small groundfloor WC surrounded by...

We had a full width dormer extension built earlier this year which has dark grey cladding and a flat rubber roof. On warm sunny mornings there's lots of cracking noises as something expands. It responds very quickly to the sun coming out and the will be a cracking noise every few seconds a...

I know this is a boring question that must get asked a lot but I promise I have done some research and cannot find an answer that fits with my experience. I've recently moved house, had it rewired and I've fitted Philips LED bulbs throughout. Most are from their 'Warm White' range and some are...

We live on a fairly busy road, technically 20mph but everyone does at least 30mph. There is a constant stream of traffic until fairly late in the evening and queues during morning and evening rush hours. Motorbikes go up and down late at night. No lorries or buses normally though due to narrow...

I have previously isolated the feed to the header tank in the past when working on the system, rather than isolating it in the header tank itself. I just noticed after draining some water via the magnetic cleaner that the feed makes an almighty foghorn noise. The vibration is fairly extreme to...

Hi, I have kept this piece of rubbish going for quite a long time and I don't like the idea of getting defeated by it! Every year there is something new to tackle and replace. I will eventually replace it for a real one! I have now got a problem that I can't work out and was wondering if some...