Cracking Noises In Attic

Signs raccoons are in your home.

Cracking noises in attic.

The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature. 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. It can ofter sound as if the roof is broken in some way or the roof is going to collapse.

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. If you are concerned about these noises contact a home inspection professional for assistance. Bird nests can harbor diseases and bird fecal dust can become airborne unfortunately. The noises may be due to roof damage for example or a pest such as a raccoon living in the attic space.

So if you hear noises when you first wake up you could have birds flying in and out of your attic. The most common time of year to hear raccoon noises in the attic is in the spring. Chirping sounds within your home. At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds.

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. Damage to electrical wiring. Squealing typically a sign of baby raccoons. Day and night we hear loud cracking or popping sounds usually three or four in succession.

Our house is making settling noises in the attic over the bedroom. 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. 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. Birds like to hunt for food in the morning.

They enjoy crawl spaces ceilings walls or ducts. Heavy pounding noises in the attic or ceiling. Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.