Roof Cracking Noise

3 here is another forum thread with more good related information.

Roof cracking noise. The sound can be present both in mild weather and heavy winds. This movement creates the popping noise. At night the outdoor temperature lowers and the wood contracts. Creaking wheezing or popping sounds happen at nighttime due to cooler weather.

The sun hits your roof and heats it up. 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. The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature. Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls.

It can ofter sound as if the roof is broken in some way or the roof is going to collapse. As i sit here in bed trying to get some sleep i cannot. It comes from all around the room. The wood frame under your roof experiences temperature changes from the outdoor air because the attic does not receive much heating or air conditioning.

At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds. Its not all in one area. Roof popping noise tips roof popping in the wind is flexing the rafters or trusses popping in the morning and evening is thermal expansion diagonal braces almost always stop the noise residential structural engineer is the pro to get for a consult click here to get tim s free funny newsletter. During the day the wood expands.

There are loud banging noises coming from our attic roof. Banging banging sounds generally occur when a part of the roof has not been properly fixed in place. Sound control for floors methods that may help with roof noise control sound isolation strategies. Slip not a uk company also produces sound deadening and acoustic rubber tiles shown above though you d need to know.

2 please also see post 22 as there could be a related noise cause that travels up into the roof area and gives one the belief that it is a roof issue. Also 0 01 solution in that post. The most common noise issues with flat roofs are banging loud rain snapping popping sounds heat related cracking and creaking. As the lumber expands it moves and it will rub against other pieces of wood that aren t moving at the same rate.

Or when it has come loose. Snow and ice build up are another reason for roofs to pop and creak.