Something In My Roof At Night

It could cause a series of settling and groaning sounds mistaken for footsteps.

Something in my roof at night. Rats love to live in the roof space of our homes. But most of the time it s an animal and it s pretty easy to tell when the noises are coming from something living. Other causes of sounds in a roof can be tree branches rubbing on the roof or eaves. It is elevated insulated and well out of harm s way.

Raccoons in the attic at night because raccoons are the largest animal that will break into your attic or home it is also the easiest to identify. So scratching sounds in the attic at night could be from a number of different nocturnal animals. Once it s confirmed that the possum s are gone bait can be laid throughout the roof cavity to control the rats. Make sure that your roof is not warping in the humidity during the day and cooling at night because that could cause structural integrity issues in the future.

Just like with the possum tune in your ears at night because that s when rats and mice are the most active. The most common place raccoons will occupy in your home is the attic. Stations are not required as we are confident that no possums are present. It could even be from the heating cooling system or branches of a nearby tree scraping against the roof.

Usually heard only when the wind is blowing or expansion and contraction of timbers and gutters as the roof warms up during the day or cools down at night.