# What the hell is that BANGING?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274 "2006-02-20T02:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/1 "2006-02-20T02:13:37Z")
Within the past two weeks, something’s been happening in my building. It started very early one morning at about 2am. I had woken up and was just getting back to sleep when… WhaBOOOM **Enormous** fucking bang from next door. Sounded like a dresser drawer had tipped over. I nearly had a heart attack. I listened, but it didn’t happen again. The next day, in the early afternoon, I was on my computer when… WhaBAAAM Same fucking bang! Sounded like my drafting table had collapsed. So I checked on it - it was fine. What the hell made that noise?? These gigantic bangs have been happening intermittently, seemingly from different areas, every day since then, at any hour of the day or night. It’s REALLY starting to piss me off. It doesn’t sound like someone moving furniture or anything like that - it’s sudden, too loud, and often happens too late for it to be that. What in the hell could be causing this kind of noise? ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/2 "2006-02-20T02:14:32Z")
We’re trying to have an orgasm on every piece of furniture in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/3 "2006-02-20T02:16:41Z")
I should mention, I live in an apartment building. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/4 "2006-02-20T02:17:02Z")
Is it an older building? Could it have something to do with the heat? I know in my school building, when they first turn on the heat in the morning the pipes bang like you wouldn’t believe. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/5 "2006-02-20T02:24:15Z")
Just remember: If your SO tells you that they hear something like that, [believe them](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252050). ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/6 "2006-02-20T02:25:15Z")
Yeah, the building’s about 50 years old. We have baseboard heating. I don’t think it’s coming from there though, because the bangs seem to come from different areas - ceiling, floor, left wall, right wall - I’ve heard houses settling before, and it sure didn’t sound like this. This sounds like an object is actually hitting something. It’s also only been happening in the past two weeks. I’ve never heard it before in the 3 years I’ve been living here. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/7 "2006-02-20T02:27:04Z")
Oops. Sorry. \>\> Moves headboard away from the wall, disassembles trapeze. \<\< ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/8 "2006-02-20T02:27:27Z")
Obligatory _The Young Ones_ reference: > [@](#): > > **Mike:** What’s that thumping? > **Vyvyan:** Oh, it’s probably Rick doing a bit of reading. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/9 "2006-02-20T02:28:06Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Just remember: If your SO tells you that they hear something like that, [believe them](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252050). If that’s the cause, then dang, we’ve been having a rash of explosions around the city! _secretly wishes that boss’s house will go up next_ ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/10 "2006-02-20T02:29:09Z")
Uh…that was supposed to be tiny type. _makes mental note not to open this thread at work_ ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/11 "2006-02-20T02:30:56Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Oops. Sorry. > > \>\> Moves headboard away from the wall, disassembles trapeze. \<\< Damn, man, if that’s what you’re up to, can I come visit? 😃 I have whipped cream and cherries in the fridge ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/12 "2006-02-20T02:36:14Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > These gigantic bangs have been happening intermittently, seemingly from different areas, every day since then, at any hour of the day or night. It’s REALLY starting to piss me off. It doesn’t sound like someone moving furniture or anything like that - it’s sudden, too loud, and often happens too late for it to be that. What in the hell could be causing this kind of noise? Serial killer in the apartment building? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/13 "2006-02-20T02:37:40Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Serial killer in the apartment building? What’s he killing with? A sledgehammer?? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/14 "2006-02-20T02:45:39Z")
Neighbor has a new weight set and occasionally can’t handle the lowering and lets it drop? Jim ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/15 "2006-02-20T03:12:01Z")
Just make sure it isn’t an accident in an illegal meth lab or something. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/16 "2006-02-20T03:59:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Just make sure it isn’t an accident in an illegal meth lab or something. I assume that the OP would have mentioned a raging inferno or a huge smoking hole in the ground. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/17 "2006-02-20T04:40:32Z")
I’m thinking the dishwasher-door being slammed shut. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/18 "2006-02-20T13:11:45Z")
Garbage men, using their trucks to empty dumpsters? ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/19 "2006-02-20T14:01:52Z")
Water pipes? Those things can be loud! ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274/20 "2006-02-20T14:52:52Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > Water pipes? Those things can be loud! Naw. I’ve heard banging pipes and they’re much quieter than this. There was another mega-bang in the wee hours of this morning again. Around 3 am. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-that-banging/345274.md?page=2)