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jwraif (NY)
Hello
I moved into an apartment on the 15th floor about 6 months ago. All night long I hear a loud ticking noise in my wall/ceiling. At first I thought it was a dripping noise, but have concluded there is no leak anywhere. The noise sounds like a drip/tick. It will occur for 1-5 minutes and then stop for 5 seconds-1 minute and start again. It goes all night and morning long (I am not there during the day enough to know if it happens as often during the day). Some weeks it seems to be louder then others. There are days it is loud enough to wake me from my sleep. I have noted that it has no connection to rain.
It sounds like the noise is coming from one specific spot in the bedroom, but you can hear it from the bathroom and living room as well, and if you put your ear up to any wall in the bedroom you can hear it there also.
I thought it had to do with hot water, but I don't think every single night people are using hot water from 2am-6am.
Maintenance thought it was the steam pipe, but "apparently" looked at it and said it was expanding and contracting normally.
Any ideas what this could be and how to fix it?? It is driving me CRAZY!!
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
Maybe it's a hot water pipe expanding against a joist. It may be on a recirculation pump with a timer ?
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jwraif (NY)
Management just called me and said they determined it is the steam compensator that is installed above my room. They said that the noise it is causing is normal. Does this seem to be right? Would a steam compensator be making a ticking noise that is unfixable?
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bam99 (SC)
Tell them it's not normal because it makes your apartment un-livable. Hey, I once convinced a building manager to fix a squeeky rooftop AC unit that was a block away from me, so I think your building manager oughta fix something that's right above your head.
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