Be sure to lubricate the bearings.
Spinning roof vent squeaking.
The whirly bird was.
Climb the ladder remove the access panel and enter the attic.
Here s how i did it.
Fortunately it is a very fixable problem and depending on your property perhaps even one you can fix yourself.
Extend your ladder leaning it against a solid gutter or roof element.
The problem with gable vents for air intake is that there s no ventilation of the lower 2 3rds of the roof just the top.
Without regular cleaning it could end up spinning abnormally or not at all.
I climbed up to the roof to quiet them down with a long lasting wd 40 specialist product.
You should have eave vents to allow the air in and gable vents should be blocked off if not being used for a fan.
This causes the metal parts to rub together and make a squeaking noise.
These are located in the track where the pipe coming out of the roof meets the spinning part of the vent.
Recently due to a leak at base of the turbine the area was caulked.
Find the noisy turbine and apply the lubricant to the moving parts of the turbine.
There was a noise coming from the roof first sounded like a tap dripping but it turned out to be the whirly bird roof vent as it turned.
How to fix a squeaky turbine vent step 1.
Locate the turbine vent.
The wind turbine is squeaking as it turns.
So you have to lubricate the parts to get it to stop the squeaking.
If it is rotating in an abnormal way rough or shaky check the lubrication of the bearings.
It was very annoying.
Insert a small wooden dowel to keep the turbine from spinning if it happens to be.
The wind turbine sits on an elevated base since we have cement tiles.
The cause of a squeaky roof turbine is typically from the lubricant drying out.
But you can fix it if you are able to get up on the roof to get to it.
Place the stepladder under the attic access space.
It appears to be rotating freely but makes a loud squeak.
This will also eliminate annoying squeaking sounds.
The majority of the time a squeaking roof turbine vent is caused by the lubricant in the bearings drying out causing various metal parts to rub against each other which in turn generates that unpleasant squeaking noise you hear.
I m sure the turbine is the original placed when the house was built.
Our turbine roof vents whirlybirds were really noisy and had some rattling that was causing some vibration in the house.
