Some homes in New Farm have a possum or a rat moving through a wall cavity rather than the roof space directly, usually where there is a gap low down near a foundation, a subfloor vent or an old service pipe that runs up inside the wall. The sound tends to sit lower in the house than a roof noise, more around head height or below rather than overhead.
When the crew we book finds a wall cavity is involved, they trace the gap from where the sound is loudest back to the outside of the home, since a wall cavity usually connects to the roof space higher up rather than being a separate closed space. Closing the low entry point stops new animals getting in, while any one-way door work on the roof end deals with what is already inside.
Homes with weatherboard cladding, old brick air vents or a raised subfloor tend to turn up the most wall cavity gaps, and New Farm has a good number of homes built this way. The crew will check cladding joins, vent covers and old service penetrations before sealing anything, so a working vent that the home still needs for airflow is not closed off by mistake.
- Low gaps near the base of a wall are traced back to their source.
- Weatherboard joins and old vent covers are checked closely.
- Working subfloor vents are left clear while gaps nearby are sealed.
- Wall cavity work is paired with any roof cavity job on the same visit.
Call 07 3543 7773 and describe where the sound is coming from, and we will book a team who can trace it.
