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    Loud Cracking / Popping in Ceiling and Walls - Roof Truss?

    Thank you vbplease! Your reply was helpful in thinking that I am not barking up the wrong tree with all my ideas. Ordinarily, I wouldn't initially be so suspicious of building work, but having met the guy, I am now! I won't go into the whole thing but he has been a little painful to deal...
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    Loud Cracking / Popping in Ceiling and Walls - Roof Truss?

    Thanks, yes, but this is not your average expansion and contraction and we do still hear it in Spring and Summer, although not as much. I have lived in houses with reasonable sounds of expansion and contraction before and this is not that sound... These sounds are repeated almighty bangs...
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    Loud Cracking / Popping in Ceiling and Walls - Roof Truss?

    Thanks for your reply... I believe it's actually a wood framed house (I'm going to look at all the specifications in more detail on our purchase contract though). The sound is incredibly pronounced and comes from above – as loud as gun shots or a mini explosion – sometimes three sharp...
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    Loud Cracking / Popping in Ceiling and Walls - Roof Truss?

    Hello We purchased a 2 story townhouse a year ago that is now nearly 2.5 years old. We had a building inspection done before we purchased the property which came back largely clear. However, we have had a few issues with the builder that have lead me to realise he may have cut a lot of...
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