This could be due to squirrels dropping nuts or wood creaking or a raccoon stamping on the ceiling.
Banging noise in attic.
The energy released by this movement is what causes the loud banging or cracking sound.
There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to call.
It comes from all around the room.
There are loud banging noises coming from our attic roof.
One problem that could be causing a popping sound in your walls or in the attic is pests.
Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.
In sarasota the most likely reason for random banging noises when there s no water running is sediment buildup in your water heater.
A loose shutter on an attic window or loosened attic vents can cause a banging sound if it s windy as can branches hitting the roof.
A loose attic vent or shutter on a window can make a banging noise in the wind.
When we stayed in our guest bedroom while doing some updating in our.
Heating ducts as they cool also make banging noises as do.
It s interesting how sounds manifest sometimes the activity of squirrels or raccoons sounds more like thumping or knocking than scratching or walking.
It literally sounds like someone punching sheetrock.
Mice rats birds or other animals may have entered the home and are chewing digging and pecking on the interior of your home from the attic or inside the walls.
When pressure builds joints and other areas of connections such as nails and metal plates between the roof and attic walls may move slightly with one component or connection moving away from or toward another.
Knocking sound in attic if you hear a knocking sound in your attic this is a pretty good indication that an animal of some sort has taken up residence in that space.
Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls.
Loud knocking and banging noises happen seemingly randomly while water isn t running.
When you hear a banging coming from the attic and are trying to determine the cause you are most likely dealing with one of these four animals.
If you hear knocking noises in the attic it could be several different species.
Sometimes you will hear a knocking while other times you may notice a scurrying sound thumping noise or something else.
The noises are often in the morning or evening.
It can be loud enough that the reverberations carry and make it seem like the knocking noise is coming from the pipes in the wall.
I have called pest control and have looked up there my self when this is happen.
Its not all in one area.
