The timbers and framing lumber will crack before the collapse but sometimes there s not a lot of warning.
Roof noise in winter.
Also see banging booming noise diagnosis cure.
The same is true in the morning as they warm back up from the sun hitting the they expand making a loud boom or bang noise.
There is no noise in the winter.
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.
Also temperature related movements in roofing materials can cause annoying roof noises that lead to building noise complaints by the occupants.
Roof cracking sounds are somewhat common in the winter.
Strangely enough there are no noises in my daughter s unit just mine.
As your house quiets down at night and the temperatures fall the cooling of your roof components can often be heard.
The new roof was added on top of the existing flat roof.
Popping cracking and snapping sounds coming from their roofs especially when the colder weather hits is a common problem.
The most dangerous situations are when the roof is about to collapse because of too much snow and ice.
See noise control for roofs for details.
What happens is during the cold winter months wood trusses in your attic and or on your outside deck contract and make a loud booming noise as they move.
On flat and low slope roofs expanding freezing ice can fracture with a terrific booming noise.