Creaking Noises In The Attic

Raccoons are typically the heaviest of the pests.

Creaking noises in the attic.

At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds. When red squirrelsor piney squirrels get in your attic you can really hear a lot of different. Mating adults will squeal. The most common noise inquiries we get from homeowners are concerns about sounds coming from the attic.

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. 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. Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.

If your house was built recently or if it is very old it will go through a process known as settling. Opossums or possums as they are. Sometimes popping sounds begin when hot water is turned on somewhere in the house. A nest of baby raccoons.

If you hear banging a raccoon could be stomping on the floor. What sound does a squirrel make. Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels. 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.

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. The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature. Daytime noise especially in the morning or evening. As hot water moves.

Flying squirrelson the other hand are nocturnal and move in and out of attics primarily at night. Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic. Heavy walking or thumping.