Roof Noise In Winter

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Roof noise in winter.

The most dangerous situations are when the roof is about to collapse because of too much snow and ice. 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. The timbers and framing lumber will crack before the collapse but sometimes there s not a lot of warning. 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.

Also temperature related movements in roofing materials can cause annoying roof noises that lead to building noise complaints by the occupants. Strangely enough there are no noises in my daughter s unit just mine. Roof cracking sounds are somewhat common in the winter. There is no noise in the winter.

What you re hearing however is the effect of low temperatures on the building materials. The sun shines on your roof all day warming the tiles and sub roof. 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. It starts again in the spring.

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.