It just keeps scratching just the roof space in our room only and no other part of the house.
Scratching noise in roof australia.
For the past 2 nights we have been hearing a scratching sound in between the ceiling and roof.
Many roof dwelling pests won t leave your roof spaces as they found them.
Attics lofts or ceiling cavities are ideal environments for possums rats and mice who damage stored items and electric cabling by gnawing and possibly causing fires they are also ideal environments for nesting birds that can spread disease mites and fleas.
Leaving pests to their own devices in your roof can cause damage.
It goes on between 2 4am.
We banged the roof in the hope that whatever it is will scurry away but no luck.
Hearing noises in the night is a result of just one thing critters.
Birds nesting in your roof may spread mites fleas and disease while possums chew cables and wood leaving a messy trail behind them.
If you re inclined to hear those noises in roof spaces and think it s no big deal you may want to think again.
Why scratching noises in roof spaces is bad news.
Although this is experienced in every part of the world it is more prominent in australia.
Scratching noises in the roof can be bothersome especially in the dead of night.