Popping Noise In Attic

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.

Popping noise in attic.

Day and night we hear loud cracking or popping sounds usually three or four in succession. Those noises should decrease during the home s first year or so. They may be chewing to improve passageways or just for fun. Grinding noises are likely to be made by some type of rodent.

If you have a faulty pilot light a problem with your gas valve worn bearings or even a problem with the. While rodents and other critters can make a variety of noises the more likely cause is something else inside your home. Clicking knocking and clanking. Grinding noises are made as rodents chew woodwork.

Wall or attic sounds. There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to. Likely culprits are rats mice grey squirrels and flying squirrels. Grinding noise in the attic.

If a fluorescent bulb is making the noise the fixture s ballast might need to be replaced the ballast is the part of the fixture that controls voltage to the bulb. This is a classic squirrel in the attic noise. Snarling noise in the attic. 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. Some bulbs mention on their packaging that they are designed to work well with dimmers. 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. No that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.

Popping is a common way to describe a variety of noises that a house makes and the causes are varied. A clicking noise in particular could be caused by your heater. What s that clicking noise in my attic at night. I tried to brush him off for a while just telling him that it was house sounds.

Our house is making settling noises in the attic over the bedroom. If that doesn t end the sound replace the dimmer. Homeowner is dead set on the problem being from termite damage.