Cracking Noises In Attic

Sometimes loud noises in the attic may be caused by other factors not related to house settling or expansion contraction issues.

Cracking noises in attic. The noises may be due to roof damage for example or a pest such as a raccoon living in the attic space. Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic. The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature. Thermal expansion one of the main causes of cracking and popping noises that seem to occur randomly in a house mainly deep within the walls floors and ceilings is known as thermal expansion.

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. When you hear noises in the attic during the early morning there are a few pests that could be to blame. Signs raccoons are in your home. Birds like to hunt for food in the morning.

The most common time of year to hear raccoon noises in the attic is in the spring. Heavy pounding noises in the attic or ceiling. There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to call. Our house was built 10.

They enjoy crawl spaces ceilings walls or ducts. At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds. Our house is making settling noises in the attic over the bedroom. 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.

Mice rats birds or other animals may have entered the home and are chewing digging and pecking on the interior of your home from the attic or inside the walls. Day and night we hear loud cracking or popping sounds usually three or four in succession. One problem that could be causing a popping sound in your walls or in the attic is pests. Squealing typically a sign of baby raccoons.

So if you hear noises when you first wake up you could have birds flying in and out of your attic. Damage to electrical wiring. Chirping sounds within your home.