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   jackofalltrades777 | May 21, 2015 12:41am | #1

   100% normal in a wood frame truss ceiling home. Wood expanding and contracting and nails popping. I wouldn't worry about it.

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   davidmeiland | May 21, 2015 03:59pm | #2

   Do you have a metal roof?

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   Housingnerd | May 21, 2015 05:53pm | #3

   Thank you for responding.

   No, it is a composition roof. I have always had similarly built homes with composition roofs and have never heard anything like this - loud and often. Visitors comment on it.

   Thanks for any ideas.

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   davidmeiland | May 21, 2015 06:40pm | #4

   Well, next thing to do is inspect the attic. You want someone with lots of building and/or building inspection experience, perhaps a home inspector.

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   kevin_in_denver | May 25, 2015 07:17pm | #5

   SIP roofs can have this... here's a thread from 2011:

   "I have a SIP house (OSB skins) with an unvented metal roof (2.5 years old). It can be incredibly loud....think Nolan Ryan throwing a baseball against the roof. It's annoying enough that I'm considering pulling up the metal roof so I can add furring strips and ventilation between the SIP and the metal.
   As others have stated elsewhere, the problem seems to be most acute during mild, partly cloudy days. On these days, I can literally watch the sun go behind the clouds and tick off the seconds before the roof pops. Now that it's warmer here in Virginia, the popping frequency is less.
   There are plenty of reasons not to build with SIPS (I wouldn't do it again)...the roof pops just add to the list, in my opinion.
   Answered by John Semmelhack
   Posted May 27, 2011 7:17 AM ET"
   - See more at: https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/community/forum/green-products-and-materials/20823/sips-roof-movementnoise#sthash.8ZVIHaN0.dpuf

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   jackofalltrades777 | May 26, 2015 02:16am | #6

   Is it a SIP roof? I saw no mention of that.