Loud Thud On Roof

It is very loud on the first floor coming from different places on the ceiling not so loud on the second floor.

Loud thud on roof.

First check your basement or crawl space below the spot where you hear the water sound. It literally sounds like someone punching sheetrock. 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. 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.

Its not all in one area. Right now it is 8 degrees f outside. It comes from all around the room. Or something like those huge booming noises glaciers make when.

Fortunately not every water sound signals a problem sometimes the water is safely inside pipes. Very loud mysterious thump in the ceiling above the first floor of 3 story house. There are loud banging noises coming from our attic roof. If it s coming from the radiators you may have condensed steam.

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. The thump occurs several times a day usually in the evening. It is unrelated to plumbing usage or to start and stop of hot water heating system. Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls.

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. I keep hearing a thud from one corner of my house from the inside. 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. What you re hearing however is the effect of low temperatures on the building materials.