Roof Spinner Noise Cold Weather

When the pipes burst you will hear a loud popping sound.

Roof spinner noise cold weather.

When water expands in the contracting pipes it causes pressure that could lead to bursting pipes. This can put so much stress on the fasteners that you hear the entire assembly groan or sound like a gunshot. 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. When water freezes it expands instead of contracting.

The loud bang may have been caused by underground water freezing but it could also have been caused by your roof framing being affected by the extreme cold temperature. This is a common problem in very cold climates. While these are easily explained and remedied some other offensive sounds are not. Most noises in our homes are due to loud music being played rambunctious kids annoying appliances or excessive traffic noise outside.

Your complaint of unusual cracking noises during the winter is a common one from occupants of homes built pre 1980 s. Water in the pipes will freeze in the cold weather. Popping cracking and snapping sounds coming from their roofs especially when the colder weather hits is a common problem.