Roof Noise In Winter

Awakening in the middle of a cold night by repeated loud banging from your home s roof can be quite alarming giving rise to visions of falling tree limbs or intruders on the roof.

Roof noise in winter.

Strangely enough there are no noises in my daughter s unit just mine. The same is true in the morning as they warm back up from the sun hitting the they expand making a loud boom or bang noise. What happens is during the cold winter months wood trusses in your attic and or on your outside deck contract and make a loud booming noise as they move. The sun shines on your roof all day warming the tiles and sub roof.

Also see banging booming noise diagnosis cure. Roof cracking sounds are somewhat common in the winter. Also temperature related movements in roofing materials can cause annoying roof noises that lead to building noise complaints by the occupants. Popping cracking and snapping sounds coming from their roofs especially when the colder weather hits is a common problem.

As your house quiets down at night and the temperatures fall the cooling of your roof components can often be heard. See noise control for roofs for details. What you re hearing however is the effect of low temperatures on the building materials. The new roof was added on top of the existing flat roof.

On flat and low slope roofs expanding freezing ice can fracture with a terrific booming noise. It starts again in the spring.