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.
Popping noise in attic at night.
Air passing through ducts and radiators can sometimes create a loud noise as can water passing through pipes.
We just dealt with a similiar issue where the house was a two story modular and made all sorts of noise.
At night a hear sounds seeming to come from the attic that could probably be described as settling sounds and occasionally these sounds have the same volume and characteristics of sound as an acorn falling on the roof.
Ends up the home installers flipped the soffits down but never fastened them to the house.
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.
A loose attic vent or shutter on a window can make a banging noise in the wind.
The noise you hear is not from settling but from wood framing members moving in relation to one another.
Popping cracking sound in the attic i bought this house about 6 months ago.
One problem that could be causing a popping sound in your walls or in the attic is pests.
Snapping and popping noises in the night.
Also when the temperature becomes very hot or very cold or when sunlight warms one part of a home and not another these noises may become more pronounced.
The wood warms during the day losing moisture and shrinking slightly.
It s probably your water heater where sediment has settled at the bottom of the tank then popped and.
The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature.
At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds.