Attics Joists Creak And Pop

Metal roofs are major offenders but shingled roofs also can be quite noisy.

Attics joists creak and pop.

Read to learn more. If your house is giving you the creeps because of popping noises from inside the walls and up in the attic you can probably chalk it up to something other than spirits from beyond the grave. Sistering is the process of adding a new joist next to each existing joist. Further the carpenter may need to add nails or reset them shim shore add joists or rafters rebrace etc any or all of these methods might indeed pull it off and get rid of the unwanted noise.

The attic is one of the most unused and under designed spaces of a home. If the attic joists are not adequate one way to strengthen the floor for live loads is to sister the old joists. If your attic already has insulation it is probably useless for your intended attic remodel. Popping is a common way to describe a variety of noises that a house makes and the causes are varied.

In the case of 2x6 joists you can pair them up with additional 2x6 joists by nailing them together side by side. But live loads are a different matter. In older home attics unsettling bangs are more likely to be the sounds of trusses joists rafters and sheathing expanding or contracting as the roof heats up or cools down. Often minimal live load requirements are four times that of dead loads.