Creaking Noises In The Attic

Fast moving scurrying noises are often rodents like squirrels or rats says bob.

Creaking noises in the attic. Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic. When you hear a banging coming from the attic and are trying to determine the cause you are most likely dealing with one of these four animals. Heavy walking or thumping. If your house was built recently or if it is very old it will go through a process known as settling.

Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic. If you hear banging a raccoon could be stomping on the floor. If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or opossum engaged in jumping from one area of the attic to another actively shoving or destroying something or dragging something heavy. Sometimes popping sounds begin when hot water is turned on somewhere in the house.

At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds. Ask the builder adding diagonal bracing would transfer the concentrated wind load to other parts of the structure all at once helping dampen the movement that creates the sound. Popping noise in walls attic house is settling. Raccoons are typically the heaviest of the pests.

The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature. Opossums or possums as they are. Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels. Watch the video to discover why this happens and what can be done to prevent it.

The most common noise inquiries we get from homeowners are concerns about sounds coming from the attic. As hot water moves. What sound does a squirrel make. A nest of baby raccoons.

Mating adults will squeal. Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening. There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to call.