Loud, Explosion Banging-Like Noise in My House occurs once Every Month — What Could Be Causing This, and Who Should I Contact?

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#3286781 26-Sep-2024 20:50

@NglButiLoveTechnolog Does your house have a corrugated steel roof OR Is it a Lockwood?

Answers to other questions about time of day and weather conditions would also be helpful.

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#3286782 26-Sep-2024 20:53

once a month is highly unlikely to be a roof. i work in a steel shed and it pops and bangs whenever the sun comes out from behind a cloud.

its more likely the wood work. that can be thermal expansion, but it also can be the house settling or even drying out.

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#3286846 26-Sep-2024 22:49

Miscreants chucking rocks on your roof ?

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#3286914 27-Sep-2024 08:17

dafman:

I live in an 1980s Lockwood.

It does this. Daily. Sometimes not so loud, other times, like a shotgun.

For a year or so after we moved in, I was fixated on it.

Now, I grown accustomed to it - the house is talking to me. It no longer bothers me. I’d probably miss it if it wasn’t there.

I have one too, and as you say it does it daily. If Ngl's problem is truly monthly then it sounds like a different issue.

As for growing accustomed to it, having been here for around a decade I've managed to train my important visitors. If it's a pounding on the door then it's someone useful, and if it's a timid knock then it's likely to be someone random and I probably won't even notice them.

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#3286915 27-Sep-2024 08:36

Bung:

Sometimes retightening the vertical tension rods in the Lockwood walls helps reduce movement. Instructions are on Lockwood's site.

I talked to a builder about this some years ago. He said tightening rods could improve it, but could risk making it worse. So I decided to leave as. Now it doesn't bother us.

Always fun to watch new visitors reactions.

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#3286919 27-Sep-2024 08:46

We used to have an initial home (similar to a Lockwood construction-wise) and it still gave me a fright when it did it due to contraction just as I was about to nod off to sleep. Was always a good crack. It happened pretty much daily, so maybe not what the OP has.

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#3286921 27-Sep-2024 09:05

dafman: I talked to a builder about this some years ago. He said tightening rods could improve it, but could risk making it worse. So I decided to leave as. Now it doesn't bother us.

Always fun to watch new visitors reactions.

There are plenty of creaking and groaning timber ship noise sound tracks you could troll them with.

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#3287133 27-Sep-2024 19:46

not a banging noise personally, but quite often when im in bed i hear this low, humming noise and no one else in the house can, i found out there this thing called the 'North Shore Hum' (which is where i live), made me feel not as crazy at least

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#3287137 27-Sep-2024 20:01

dpf81nz:

not a banging noise personally, but quite often when im in bed i hear this low, humming noise and no one else in the house can, i found out there this thing called the 'North Shore Hum' (which is where i live), made me feel not as crazy at least

Is it a tune that you recognise?

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#3287407 28-Sep-2024 22:12

@NglButiLoveTechnolog You put up an impassioned OP asking for advice and several people made a decent effort to assist. Despite being asked, you haven’t responded. It would be good to hear from you. 😀

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#3287409 28-Sep-2024 22:22

tieke:

Another possible cause could be the cladding - I've experienced this in a friend's house of similar age, which had cladding that looked like weatherboard but was actually a plastic composite. Every now and then expansion caused a gunshot-like noise even though there were some covered expansion gaps which were presumably designed to avoid this, so either a faulty install or faulty materials.

I agree that once a month seems to be too infrequent a period for weather-based expansion though, so keeping a log of dates and weather conditions would be helpful.

Good idea. I'l keep a log of it starting now. Logging the date it occurred and the weather condition and time. And yep it always happens once every month. Loud explosion. Come to think of it, it seems this loud explosion does only occur during the night.

Im considering contacting a plumber or a roofer but only if they can charge cheap. Thanks all for the help (forgot to reply as Ive been busy rewiring everywhere).

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