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Is it normal to hear my walls tick?
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Ever since I can remember I've heard my walls tick, almost like a clock. Sometimes it speeds up, sometimes it slows down, get louder & quieter &, sometimes I go months w/o hearing it. I've lived in several different places & heard it in almost all of them. My mom & brother have heard it, back in the house we grew up in but not since then. I quit asking other people if they could hear it too, no one could...Until this past year. My boyfriend & I were sitting quietly (I had been listening to the ticking off & on all evening) when it started to get louder. I just watched his face for any change in expression (like I always do when I can hear it & someone else is with me). When he started looking around I kept quiet & didn't say a word, after about 30 seconds he looks at me & says "Where is that clock at?!" One other person has heard it & it went almost the same way.
So what do you all think? I know I'm far from normal lol but I can't be the only person this happens to...Right?
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kulrajwashere
There's a clock under your sofa
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If its the beetle, its normal. If its not, then I've never heard of such a thing.
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joeaverage
I read there's a kind of insect that can do that, but this doesn't really sound like that.
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joeaverage
I found it, it's called a death watch beetle. If the ticking for a few minutes when you make loud noises, it's probably these guys.
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Nope I really don't think it's the beetle.
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nearlywitches
I was gonna say your heartbeat.. haha.
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It could be expanding and contracting
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It is the pipes in your wall. You probably hear the noise more in the winter. It is the pipes expanding when the hot water is going through them. This could be due to someone taking a shower or if your place is heated by hot water then it makes that sound too.
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silent hill enveloping your world?
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It's not the pipes either, I know what that sounds like. This has been going in for more than 20 years, & I've moved several times. It just follows me...
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my bathroom wall ticks. it found out it actually is coming from the light switch! you should check it out and see if tyhat's where its coming from... although i do not think a switch ticking is normal and have this fear there is a bomb in my wall.... :(
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Maybe you have termites or rats?
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It's either pipes expanding and contracting with heat and cooler water. Or it could be the siding on your house expanding and contracting from heat and cooler temps too. That's what my house does. Completely normal.
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Yeah I hear this too. It's pipes and floorboards expanding and contracting under different temperatures
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I have this too and have had it in my room for a few years now. It's so weird! I thought it was my watch or clock but no. I thought I was going mad. I can only hear it when it's really quite in my room. It's louder in some places and quieter in others. Sometimes it stops then keeps going... so weird. I remember getting so fed up one time with it that I thought I was going mad!
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Woops, already mentioned I was going mad the first time. I guess I am! XD
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