The noise could be coming from your roof during the hottest days of the summer when the rays of the sun beat down on the shingles.
Sounds like footsteps on my roof.
It s a frost quake.
The thing is my parents were awake at the same time but they didnt hear anything.
Then i found out that that s what it was.
Google it up and you ll see.
One evening i heard it and it sounded almost like a tree fell onto my roof.
This is a much larger animal than a rat or bird and it usually easy to tell its presence from the much heavier and slower footfalls and they don t gnaw wood like the rodents will.
Mice make scratching sounds squirrels sound like normal human footsteps magpies make an unearthly racket.
When it stopped it never started again.
If it s coming from the radiators you may have condensed steam.
In new zealand the other animal that can be a cause of noises in the roof is the possum australian brushtail possum.
My birds who usually get spooked by loud odd sounds didn t react.
As if someone was walking on the roof.
It could be any number of animals walking around on your roof.
In the gta they ve been hearing them.