Is there a ghost in my roof ?

[joker08]

I stay at a rented property and we have a wooden ceiling and it makes noise throughout the day. I can't explain the sound, it's like something snapping. It can be heard almost throughout the house. Cannot be rats because the rat bait is untouched and the noise is too loud for a rat. Then I thought it might be the neighbor's cat, but the sound doesn't come from the roof but the ceiling.
Went into the ceiling a couple of times dint see anything odd. I just want some logical explanation because my curiosity is driving me nuts and I am this close to sitting in the ceiling which I am trying to avoid because I am allergic to dust.

 

[Bryn]

Either the wood is responding to temperature changes or you have a poltergeist.

So depending on which you think is most likely, get the owner to invest either in something to prevent drastic temperature changes to the ceiling area (such as a big outside tree or insulation) or a proton pack.

 

[rh1]

 

[PoppieChoffel]

I stay at a rented property and we have a wooden ceiling and it makes noise throughout the day. I can't explain the sound, it's like something snapping. It can be heard almost throughout the house. Cannot be rats because the rat bait is untouched and the noise is too loud for a rat. Then I thought it might be the neighbor's cat, but the sound doesn't come from the roof but the ceiling.
Went into the ceiling a couple of times dint see anything odd. I just want some logical explanation because my curiosity is driving me nuts and I am this close to sitting in the ceiling which I am trying to avoid because I am allergic to dust.

Temperature changes as @Bryn said.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

I stay at a rented property and we have a wooden ceiling and it makes noise throughout the day. I can't explain the sound, it's like something snapping. It can be heard almost throughout the house. Cannot be rats because the rat bait is untouched and the noise is too loud for a rat. Then I thought it might be the neighbor's cat, but the sound doesn't come from the roof but the ceiling.
Went into the ceiling a couple of times dint see anything odd. I just want some logical explanation because my curiosity is driving me nuts and I am this close to sitting in the ceiling which I am trying to avoid because I am allergic to dust.

Ask your mom or dad to go up there and have a look for you...

 

[joker08]

Ask your mom or dad to go up there and have a look for you...

It will be too expensive to call them from my home country

 

[joker08]

Either the wood is responding to temperature changes or you have a poltergeist.

So depending on which you think is most likely, get the owner to invest either in something to prevent drastic temperature changes to the ceiling area (such as a big outside tree or insulation) or a proton pack.

The owner is already in a lot of mess because of health issues in his family so I think I will just leave it as it is.

 

[Looney]

Contraction and expansion during temperature changes.

Same as your nutsack shrinks and shrivels in the cold and hangs low in the heat.

The temperature causes the wood to either expand or contract and that’s the sound you are hearing.


There are no ghosts in your roof

 

[Biks]

I stay at a rented property and we have a wooden ceiling and it makes noise throughout the day. I can't explain the sound, it's like something snapping. It can be heard almost throughout the house. Cannot be rats because the rat bait is untouched and the noise is too loud for a rat. Then I thought it might be the neighbor's cat, but the sound doesn't come from the roof but the ceiling.
Went into the ceiling a couple of times dint see anything odd. I just want some logical explanation because my curiosity is driving me nuts and I am this close to sitting in the ceiling which I am trying to avoid because I am allergic to dust.

I had the same thing after moving into a new place, could not figure it out.
After a good few years the ceiling collapsed, turns out when they installed the wood ceiling, it was not anchored correctly, the noises we heard over the years was an odd anchor nail giving up.
Eventually it collapsed, insurance rejected our claim because of shoddy workmanship, even though it was there before we moved in.
I have removed the wooden ceiling from the entire house now, noises gone completely.

 

[Stefanmuller]

Can also be birds nesting. We have those black birds nesting where the gutter and roof meets, and regularly hear the birds walking on the ceiling. If would make a scratching noise though.

 

[Daisy Cloudskitter]

I am this close to sitting in the ceiling which I am trying to avoid because I am allergic to dust.

Sitting up there would probably be even more frustrating - doubt you'd be able to tell where the sound's coming from anyway, bit like trying to find a chirping cricket inside the house.

As others said , most likely just temperature changes.

 

[joker08]

Same as your nutsack shrinks and shrivels in the cold and hangs low in the heat.

nice example, not accurate because a nutsac is controlled by our nervous system and thermal expansion of solids works on a different principle but nice really craked me up

 

[Looney]

nice example, not accurate because a nutsac is controlled by our nervous system and thermal expansion of solids works on a different principle but nice really craked me up

Glad I could make you laugh! They don’t call me Looney for nothing!

 

[Looney]

nice example, not accurate because a nutsac is controlled by our nervous system and thermal expansion of solids works on a different principle but nice really craked me up

Probably should have rather used the word testies and not nutsac, but either way my example is still accurate because temperature still plays a role in the contraction and expansion of the testies

 

[Jabulani22]

You should go put a ouja board up there after talking to zozo and not saying goodbye.

 

[Lupus]

I had the same thing after moving into a new place, could not figure it out.
After a good few years the ceiling collapsed, turns out when they installed the wood ceiling, it was not anchored correctly, the noises we heard over the years was an odd anchor nail giving up.
Eventually it collapsed, insurance rejected our claim because of shoddy workmanship, even though it was there before we moved in.
I have removed the wooden ceiling from the entire house now, noises gone completely.

That's BS had a ceiling fall down for the same reason, insurance paid for that one but said they wouldn't for any other as we've been warned on how to fix. We applied anchor screws as they nails don't bite.