Hi all – I’ve been lurking a while here, but haven’t had any interesting questions (or useful input) till now.
I have a new-to-me house that makes a bunch of creaking noises (way more than my previous two houses) on windy days like yesterday. It was 25-35mph, gusts to 50 here in the Philly Burbs. I’d appreciate any thoughts on whether it’s a problem, and how to approach if it is.
The house was built in the mid-80s, two stories above the basement, aluminum siding and brick veneer. The roof is in two sections along the ridge(s), rafters with ply sheathing, vented at soffits and gable ends, asphalt shingles on top. One half of the ceiling on the windward section of roof is a steep pitched cathedral ceiling, the rest is above the upstairs ceiling. My previous houses had trusses, ridge vents instead of gables, no cathedrals and were less exposed to wind (much closer to the neighbors, in the lee of hills).
When the wind blows above 25mph at the gable end, the roof/attic creaks loud enough to notice. I never noticed anything similar at the previous houses, even when the wind was strong enough to whistle around corners. Is this just the nature of some of the construction elements, (truss v. rafter, gable vent v. ridge, cathedral ceiling) or something I should look into shoring up/changing to eliminate the noise?
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Tough question; I'll just do this so it reappears so someone else can answer. (Otherwise known as "bumping").
easiest and probably most sure way to eliminate the squeeks is to pull off all the insulation and have someone spray a foam blanket over everything. the you can repalce the insulation for added Rvalue. I'd spray at least 6 inches of foam
The differance will be dramatic!