Water in the pipes will freeze in the cold weather.
Roof spinner noise cold weather.
Most noises in our homes are due to loud music being played rambunctious kids annoying appliances or excessive traffic noise outside.
This can put so much stress on the fasteners that you hear the entire assembly groan or sound like a gunshot.
This is a common problem in very cold climates.
When the pipes burst you will hear a loud popping sound.
When water expands in the contracting pipes it causes pressure that could lead to bursting pipes.
The loud bang may have been caused by underground water freezing but it could also have been caused by your roof framing being affected by the extreme cold temperature.
When water freezes it expands instead of contracting.
What you re hearing however is the effect of low temperatures on the building materials.
Awakening in the middle of a cold night by repeated loud banging from your home s roof can be quite alarming giving rise to visions of falling tree limbs or intruders on the roof.
Your complaint of unusual cracking noises during the winter is a common one from occupants of homes built pre 1980 s.
While these are easily explained and remedied some other offensive sounds are not.