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Roof creaking in wind.
Roof creaks when it s windy.
What we ve got is a ranch house and a walkout basement and the house has quite a tall ceiling.
That will mitigate the wood contraction that causes creaking sounds from the roof.
The diagonal bracing transfers the concentrated wind.
Squeaking and creaking traced to wind blown things attached to building exteriors such as signs antennas aerials weather vanes.
In other cases a roof will creak at any time of day whenever there s the slightest wind.
Roof popping in the wind is flexing the rafters or trusses.
So what happens is when there s a good strong north wind in the winter we get a nice creaking sound over our heads when we sleep against that north wall.
And that all faces to the north the walkout exit.
Described in detail below a reader reported wind caused movement as traced to a squeaky sign mounted on a metal bracket another reader reported the squeaking was her roof mounted tv antenna.
When it is windy there is a creaking noise from around the edges of the roof area which is heard very distinctly in the bedrooms.
Diagonal braces almost always stop the noise.
Popping in the morning and evening is thermal expansion.
Residential structural engineer is the pro to get for a consult.