Ends up the home installers flipped the soffits down but never fastened them to the house.
Popping noise in attic at night.
At night attic can sometime make loud creaking and cracking sounds.
The noise you hear is not from settling but from wood framing members moving in relation to one another.
We just dealt with a similiar issue where the house was a two story modular and made all sorts of noise.
A loud popping noise in the attic is often very common especially when there are extreme temperature differences such as large and rapid fluctuations between night and day temperatures.
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The wood warms during the day losing moisture and shrinking slightly.
It can ofter sound as if the roof is broken in some way or the roof is going to collapse.
When you hear a banging coming from the attic and are trying to determine the cause you are most likely dealing with one of these four animals.
It s probably your water heater where sediment has settled at the bottom of the tank then popped and.
At night a hear sounds seeming to come from the attic that could probably be described as settling sounds and occasionally these sounds have the same volume and characteristics of sound as an acorn falling on the roof.
Air passing through ducts and radiators can sometimes create a loud noise as can water passing through pipes.
Also when the temperature becomes very hot or very cold or when sunlight warms one part of a home and not another these noises may become more pronounced.
A loose attic vent or shutter on a window can make a banging noise in the wind.
Snapping and popping noises in the night.
The creaking sound is perfectly normal and is caused by the movement of roof timbers responding to changes in temperature.