Cracking Sound From Attic

Viewed 481 times 0 i bought a house about a year ago and ever since there has been a ton of cracking noises coming from the attic.

Cracking sound from attic.

In addition to bees ailion says raccoons squirrels and birds have been known to get into attics and cause noises of course mice and rats can do the same. The noise you hear is not from settling but from wood framing members moving in relation to one another. The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature. Skittering sounds squeaks buzzes and other noises coming from your walls and attic may mean there s something living in your house that isn t part of your family.

At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds. The wood warms during the day losing moisture and shrinking slightly. Signs raccoons are in your home. The most common time of year to hear raccoon noises in the attic is in the spring.

Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic. Heavy pounding noises in the attic or ceiling squealing typically a sign of baby raccoons. Heating ducts as they cool also make banging noises as do. Not all noises in your attic can be blamed on uninvited guests.

They sound like thermal expansion noises but they happen all day and night in any weather or temperature. Also when the temperature becomes very hot or very cold or when sunlight warms one part of a home and not another these noises may become more pronounced. A loose shutter on an attic window or loosened attic vents can cause a banging sound if it s windy as can branches hitting the roof. One problem that could be causing a popping sound in your walls or in the attic is pests.

It can ofter sound as if the roof is broken in some way or the roof is going to collapse. There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to call. A loose attic vent or shutter on a window can make a banging noise in the wind.