Noise In Ceiling

Wall or attic sounds.

Noise in ceiling. Thermal expansion one of the main causes of cracking and popping noises that seem to occur randomly in a house mainly deep within the walls floors and ceilings is known as thermal expansion. If that doesn t end the sound replace the dimmer. If you hear scratching sounds in the ceiling at night or day there are a few possibilities.

Soundproofing the floor above. But sometimes other animals such as raccoons will make a little noise. The garage is slightly heated to keep things from freezing.

If you hear these types of sounds and want to be sure what it is bang on the wall close to the source. If you get a bat up in the wall void you could hear some very very light scratching. Noises during the day.

If it stops and goes silent waiting for you to go away you likely have a mouse. At night early evening there is a crack that seems to come from the ceiling near the garage in the lower bathroom. By crack i mean a noise that sounds like a 2x4 snapping inside the wall.

The ground level bathroom shares a common wall with the garage. Hat channels and resilient soundproof clips. The master bedroom is over the garage.

Adding underlayment to the floor above. Scratching or scurrying from within a wall or ceiling. You don t which animal or animals are up there and what makes it a real problem is that it is an enclosed space.