Roof Slates Creaking

With ordinary foot traffic slate can loosen or lift and hard.

Roof slates creaking. Bed frames made from strips of wood are attractive but sometimes they squeak as you shift on the mattress. Creaking noise from roof when windy and intermittent cracking noise. New build house 18 months old. When walked on there is a good chance that the slate will crack and the bottom part of the slate will fall out see photos below.

How to fix slate tile flooring. Creaking wheezing or popping sounds happen at nighttime due to cooler weather. During the day the wood expands. At night the outdoor temperature lowers and the wood contracts.

Loose stales are more often the result of the fixing nails failing usually. 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. Every slate on a roof overlaps other slates and is therefore angled and fragile see photo above. Even the sturdiest floors sometimes require maintenance and repair and slate is no exception.

Applying the right lubricant and replacing cracked or weak pieces of wood will prevent the slats from squeaking underneath the pressure of your mattress. The builder has brought in the roofing contractor who seems to have no idea what is causing it.