So if something is using your attic one night it does not mean it will be there every night.
Clicking noise in attic at night.
Heavy walking or thumping.
Frequent clicking sounds from a furnace or air conditioner often mean an electrical relay is malfunctioning.
The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature.
You ll hear these pests more at night as they re looking for food although colder temperatures also increases activity.
While rodents and other critters can make a variety of noises the more likely cause is something else inside your home.
Mating adults will squeal.
A nest of baby raccoons.
One problem that could be causing a popping sound in your walls or in the attic is pests.
Both mice and rats make scratching sounds in an attic.
What s that clicking noise in my attic at night.
This too requires a call to an hvac pro but the repair bill shouldn t be much greater than the basic service call rate usually less than 100.
Or it could go dormant if its really cold kind of like hibernating so there would be no sound if they re not active even if they re up there.
It can ofter sound as if the roof is broken in some way or the roof is going to collapse.
Likely culprits are rats mice grey squirrels and flying squirrels.
If you hear thumping in your attic at night it s most likely a larger animal such as a raccoon or opossum engaged in jumping from one area of the attic to another actively shoving or destroying something or dragging something heavy.
Mice rats birds or other animals may have entered the home and are chewing digging and pecking on the interior of your home from the attic or inside the walls.
Clicking knocking and clanking no that s not the sound of chains rattling in the attic.
Grinding noise in the attic grinding noises are likely to be made by some type of rodent.
Fast scampering medium volume usually in the attic.
At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds.
There are a few possible sources for this sound but none of them ghostly or even worrying enough to call.
How an air quality expert protects his own home.
Noises in the attic scratching sounds at night squirrels.
Grinding noises are made as rodents chew woodwork.