Loud popping noises in residential wood framed construction

[MillR]

I've done an investigation of a house and have mostly sorted out the structural issues, but the owners are concerned about ongoing extremely loud (they scare the dog) popping sounds that occur pretty continuously all over the house.

The house has some foundation problems, has had a foundation repair, expansive and collapsible subgrade, but I'm not sure what to tell them about the noises.

One thought I have is that they may be from compression breaks (rather than other wood noises, like scrapes, squeaks, thermal changes).

Thoughts?

 

[MiketheEngineer]

See my previous post - and there is no "REAL" fix if it is caused by humidity/temp changes.

You could spend thousands of dollars re-nailing all the trusses, walls, plywood and drywall - and it will still continue - might even get worse......