Loud Thud On Roof

If nothing obvious turns up you ll need to hire a roofer to look for a loose vent cap on the roof or a piece of flashing that s moving and transmitting the noise down through a rafter and into the.

Loud thud on roof.

There are loud banging noises coming from our attic roof. What you re hearing however is the effect of low temperatures on the building materials. It sounds as if something is hitting the outside of the house but looking around the outside does not reveal anything like loose siding that might be flapping in the wind or something. Fortunately not every water sound signals a problem sometimes the water is safely inside pipes.

Here in minnesota when the temps dip to 35 or colder this house makes noises like huge ice cubes in a glass crackling and breaking. It literally sounds like someone punching sheetrock. Very loud mysterious thump in the ceiling above the first floor of 3 story house. Or something like those huge booming noises glaciers make when.

A water leak inside a wall can destroy wallboard and insulation and lead to mold or mildew problems. It happens commonly but i have not timed how often. The thump occurs several times a day usually in the evening. The noise could be coming from your roof during the hottest days of the summer when the rays of the sun beat down on the shingles.

First check your basement or crawl space below the spot where you hear the water sound. It is unrelated to plumbing usage or to start and stop of hot water heating system. It is very loud on the first floor coming from different places on the ceiling not so loud on the second floor. Its not all in one area.

I keep hearing a thud from one corner of my house from the inside. It could be that the forces being applied aren t equal on the roof beams supporting the roof in that part of your house so your roof will make noises because the forces aren t being distributed. Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls. If it s coming from the radiators you may have condensed steam.