As the migratory birds start moving to or from the country, it begins to:
* Creak in the roof.
* Wallpaper gets damaged, i.e., the walls are also moving.
And I wonder what the cause is. Or rather, I thought it was the ground starting to move and cracking the house, but I see no cracks in the wall the house stands on.
Is it all the timber moving, and then all wooden villas should react, but more people should have complained.
What can be done about it, is there anything that can be done?
Lived in a townhouse before, wood, it didn't creak like this villa?
It bangs occasionally in the roof.
If I win the lottery, I'm considering switching to tongue and groove instead of masonite under the tile, then insulation and plastering to make it living space. Will it become quieter, or is my house so unstable that it becomes unbearable to be there when it bangs?
Had the same roof construction as you in the previous house. When we were about to move, we found a nice house that we wanted, but when we saw that it had the same construction, it was out of the question. Apparently, this 'fusk' construction was done in the late '80s to save money. Not to make you sad, but it is really bad, that house creaked with the slightest wind all year round. Spont should help a lot!
You can always brace the rafters from underneath. But if you were to sell, for example, one might think there's something wrong with the roof and the bracing was some sort of workaround. When I say the construction is poor, it doesn't mean it can't be adequate, just so you don't have to be super worried. Our wallpaper also cracked in that house, but it probably wasn't the fault of the roof construction.
If the house has chipboard as wall material, which was common in older houses and is also nailed, it is quite common to have wallpaper cracks in certain places. Additionally, creaking is more likely to occur in these constructions with living materials.
Now 3 years later, still frustrated about how it can creak. And I feel that the sound is coming from the attic.
Wondering if the small chipboards for the floor could be contributing to the sound. only one nail in each corner. raw attic should affect chipboards?
Then I think it's strange that the supports on the roof trusses are too short both at the top and bottom, the only support would be if a hurricane were to push the roof 1-2 cm sideways.
Then the failing fiberboard underlayment isn't the best either, I guess. But loud bangs as it happens must be beams causing trouble. I'm also toying with the idea that there's something wrong with the foundation under the house so the whole thing sways around without me noticing it.
- Something I regret after the complete renovation is not replacing the interior walls' material from masonite to gypsum... damn...
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