So it s 3 am and you find yourself sitting bolt upright in bed thinking.
Heard noise in roof at night.
The sun shines on your roof all day warming the tiles and sub roof.
Most of the noise might happen shortly after dusk when the animal leaves the attic and again sometime in the night when it returns.
But when things calm down at night all those noises come.
Ever since the building was reroofed about four years ago i ve heard knock like sounds mostly at night.
At first i thought there were animals on the roof but now i wonder.
While it is impractical to cover the roof in anti bird spikes placing these on the ridge of the roof can help to stop pest birds from landing on your roof and causing problems.
As i sit here in bed trying to get some sleep i cannot.
It literally sounds like someone punching sheetrock.
Additionally raccoons are primarily nocturnal so the noises occur at night.
There is no noise in.
Go back to the main how to get rid of wild animals page for more information about animal on the roof and what types of noises or sounds they make.
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.
Settling sounds in and of themselves are typical of most homes.
Its not all in one area.
The noises they make are a combination of hissing chattering scratching gnawing and squeaking.
I swear i just heard something in the roof you re probably not crazy because hearing noises in the roof at night is a very common problem all over the world but particularly right here in australia.
This notorious pest like the possum is most active during the night which is when you ll hear the little patter of their feet in your roof cavity.
It comes from all around the room.
Most of the noises seem to be coming from the top of the walls.
As your house quiets down at night and the temperatures fall the cooling of your roof components can often be heard.