New Roof Popping Noise

Diagonal braces almost always stop the noise.

New roof popping noise.

However a roof piled with several inches or more of snow and making noise needs to be cleared off as soon as possible. It actually sounds like the roof could rip off the house. Click here to get tim s free funny newsletter. Our house is making settling noises in the attic over the bedroom.

I need your opinion about my roof. Residential structural engineer is the pro to get for a consult. In new homes roof trusses or the wood used to frame the attic often is green meaning it still has a high moisture content as it dries it can shift and contract triggering bangs loud enough to make you think a tree fell on the roof. Day and night we hear loud cracking or popping sounds usually three or four in succession.

Our house was built 10. I need your opinion about my roof. Those noises should decrease during the home s first year or so. Popping in the morning and evening is thermal expansion.

Insulation not a big help insulation can baffle the banging sounds made by movement in the roof rafters or other roof components but they will not be able to stop expansion and contraction due to the roof s exposure to the. Roof popping in the wind is flexing the rafters or trusses. I need your opinion about my roof. I m afraid it s going to collapse because when the wind blows it makes a scary popping noise.

The older roof was already damaged and cracked and now it is bearing the weight of the new roof. I m afraid it s going to collapse because when the wind blows it makes a scary popping noise. The sun shines on your roof all day warming the tiles and sub roof. Materials whether new or old shift regularly with changes in temperature and air pressure.

My skylight makes popping or cracking sounds typically during the day when it s warm. 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.