At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds.
Roof cracking noise summer.
At night the outdoor temperature lowers and the wood contracts.
The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature.
Popping cracking and snapping sounds coming from their roofs especially when the colder weather hits is a common problem.
Or when it has come loose.
The patter or even the roar of falling rain or hail popping and cracking noises perhaps due to thermal expansion and contraction of roof coverings metal roofing or roof structure and transmitted noises from other external sources such as low flying aircraft or nearby trains or auto truck traffic from a nearby highway.
Creaking wheezing or popping sounds happen at nighttime due to cooler weather.
Roof noises may be described as those attributed to an obvious source.
The sound can be present both in mild weather and heavy winds.
This movement creates the popping noise.
The sun hits your roof and heats it up.
As the lumber expands it moves and it will rub against other pieces of wood that aren t moving at the same rate.
The wood frame under your roof experiences temperature changes from the outdoor air because the attic does not receive much heating or air conditioning.
Banging sounds generally occur when a part of the roof has not been properly fixed in place.
During the day the wood expands.
The most common noise issues with flat roofs are banging loud rain snapping popping sounds heat related cracking and creaking.