Popping is a common way to describe a variety of noises that a house makes and the causes are varied.
Popping noise in attic.
Clicking knocking and clanking.
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.
This movement creates the popping noise.
If your house is giving you the creeps because of popping noises from inside the walls and up in the attic you can probably chalk it up to something other than spirits from beyond the grave.
A homeowner was complaining of popping and cracking noises in his bedroom walls ceiling at night.
It s thermal expansion and contraction.
A loud popping noise in the attic is often very common especially when there are extreme temperature differences such as large and rapid fluctuations between night and day temperatures.
A clicking noise in particular could be caused by your heater.
No that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.
At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds.
As the lumber expands it moves and it will rub against other pieces of wood that aren t moving at the same rate.
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.
A year or more ago a small adjacent attic portion was looked at and there were some decent signs.
It can ofter sound as if the roof is broken in some way or the roof is going to collapse.
Homeowner is dead set on the problem being from termite damage.
There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to.
The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature.
Our house was built 10.
As for the popping noise in the morning and evening that s a different mechanism.
I tried to brush him off for a while just telling him that it was house sounds.
If you have a faulty pilot light a problem with your gas valve worn bearings or even a problem with the.
The sun hits your roof and heats it up.
While rodents and other critters can make a variety of noises the more likely cause is something else inside your home.
