scootz
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 08:34 AM |
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House Roof Making Funny Noises!
We finished our house about 6 months ago... it has a slate roof.
We were away for a week recently, but left the heating on as normal.
On the night we got back, we were woken by a strange noise from the roof space... a kind of loud crackling noise. We are used to the normal
'settlement' noises, but this was something altogether different.
I went up into the roof-space and the crackling was louder, but there was no sign of what was causing it.
Then went outside and the noise from the roof was louder still... very bizarre!
It settled down after an hour or so.
Anyone have any ideas about what may have caused this? It was a frosty night, but nowhere near as cold or frosty as we've had this year so
far!
Confused.com!
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deezee
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 08:50 AM |
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Did you build your house on a ancient Indian burial ground? Do you find the TV comes on by itself, only showing static, and you can hear whispering?
Do you occasionally catch a glimpse of a person behind you in the mirror?
Yeah your house is deffo haunted.
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scootz
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 09:31 AM |
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Blimey... hadn't thought about the old Poltergeist! Better not mention that to the Missus!
Anyone have anymore scientific explanations?
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steve m
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 09:45 AM |
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"crackling" ??
must of been a pig farm !!
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twybrow
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 10:07 AM |
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Maybe someone was doing some really good MIG welding up there?! That crackles when it is right...!
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deezee
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 10:21 AM |
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So what you have is a Mig welding Poltergeist, with a pig farm, living in your roof. Its pretty obvious really.
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woodster
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 10:23 AM |
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most roof noises are normally expansion and contraction
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iscmatt
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 11:10 AM |
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what about animals? squirral rats mice etc?
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r1_pete
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 11:13 AM |
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Are you sure it was the roof and not some electrical activity arcing due to the damp conditions - do you have power lines anywhere near? seems very
strange the noise was louder outside than in.....
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Phil.J
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 11:16 AM |
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It might be a very big squirrel!
http://rat-hunter.com/stories/2008/gi-joe/rat-hunter-gi-joe.jpg
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scootz
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 11:21 AM |
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Blimey... that is a big squirrel (or very small soldiers!).
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woodster
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 12:14 PM |
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big squirrel BIG NUTS ........ It could be electric arcing but you would think that that would show its self in the dark ...... did your hair stand
on end 
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 12:21 PM |
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these are al very helpful answers.
if you can go outside to hear it (its worrying that you can hear it out side that loud!) does it do it fairly regularly? if it was only done 6 months
ago, i'd get the original roofer back out to inspect it.
might still be movement due to the temperature, or maybe the wood has dried out with central heating and some of the joints might be a bit loose?
i'd get the guys who did it back to check it all. its still new enough that they should sort any problems for free i think. don't know if
any sort of guarantee comes in these things. if its a new house, doesn't it have some kind of NHBC warranty? they normally last for 10 years
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scootz
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 12:26 PM |
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Yes... a new house.
It certainly wasn't the usual creak's associated with settlement... I used the word 'crackling' - it was a similar sound to
when a a fire 'pops' (loudly!).
It was a one-off, nothing was damaged, and I wouldn't put it down to a building error as it was every part of the tiled surface making the noise
(bloody big area covering 2 different pitches).
All very bizarre, but I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation for it all! Just wondered if anyone on here had experienced something
similar.
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blakep82
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 12:32 PM |
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if it was a one off i wouldn't worry as much then. a bit concerning that the whole roof made the noise right enough...
our wall used to make a weird pinging noise. sounded a bit like flicking one of these
 and the house was over 20 years old lol. it did it for
a few months. haven't heard it for a while
it now makes a funny noise at night. sounds like a cat miaowing. thing is, it sounds exactly like a cat we had that died 5 years ago
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 01:07 PM |
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Plastic Faciure boards (can't spell that) expanding/contacting?? If the sun comes out (as if) it would do that then...
Dan
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craig1410
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 01:11 PM |
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Our plastic gutters make similar noises depending on which way the wind is blowing over them. Could it be that? If so then you might notice a
difference in tone when raining when the gutters are partially full of water.
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tegwin
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 02:10 PM |
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Static buildup perhaps?
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 02:36 PM |
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Probably just the medication your on
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FFTS
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 04:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
it now makes a funny noise at night. sounds like a cat miaowing. thing is, it sounds exactly like a cat we had that died 5 years ago
Poltergeist Cat!!!!!!!!!! 
If it was miaowing in the loft thats just cos it couldnt Attic ulate itself properly
Chris.
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roadrunner
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 07:28 PM |
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My house is fairly new and when it's windy the roof felt which protrudes past the tiles to hang into the guttering flaps in the wind, makes a
bloody racket when it's a gale force wind.
Could it be this.
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 07:47 PM |
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My Mrs makes some funny noises but as (I assume) she's not in your loft that's not a lot of help really.
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Mal
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 07:57 PM |
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Changes in the water content of the roof timbers can cause creaking noises.
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thunderace
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 08:05 PM |
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it may have been the nails that hold on the tiles poping with the cold are they copper or galvie-shank nails.
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scootz
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| posted on 23/2/10 at 09:51 PM |
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Not sure, but you might just have come up with the answer!
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