Scratching Sound In Roof At Night

You re most likely dealing with a nocturnal animal since you hear noises at night so it may not be squirrel.

Scratching sound in roof at night.

So you ve been hearing scratching and scurrying noises coming from your walls and ceiling at night and you re becoming concerned. So no matter what scratching noise in roof or wall spaces you re hearing trust those ears of yours because you probably really are hearing the busy work of our creepy furry or feathery friends. Other causes of sounds in a roof can be tree branches rubbing on the roof or eaves. And thirdly many of the pests that creep around in our roofs and wall spaces are nocturnal meaning that night is when they ramp up their activity.

Raccoons rats mice and squirrels all scratch. Most animals scratch in the attic to clear out space for nesting or maybe to bury food. The noise could be coming from your roof during the hottest days of the summer when the rays of the sun beat down on the shingles. Usually heard only when the wind is blowing or expansion and contraction of timbers and gutters as the roof warms up during the day or cools down at night.

For the past 2 nights we have been hearing a scratching sound in between the ceiling and roof. It just keeps scratching just the roof space in our room only and no other part of the house. It goes on between 2 4am.