Here s how i did it.
Spinning roof vent squeaking.
The wind turbine sits on an elevated base since we have cement tiles.
Recently due to a leak at base of the turbine the area was caulked.
It appears to be rotating freely but makes a loud squeak.
Extend your ladder leaning it against a solid gutter or roof element.
Add lubricants if needed.
Our spinning rooftop turbine vents were squeaking and squealing in the wind.
You should have eave vents to allow the air in and gable vents should be blocked off if not being used for a fan.
How to fix a squeaky turbine vent step 1.
But you can fix it if you are able to get up on the roof to get to it.
Ensure the ladder is situated on a solid.
Locate the turbine vent.
These are located in the track where the pipe coming out of the roof meets the spinning part of the vent.
It was very annoying.
Fortunately it is a very fixable problem and depending on your property perhaps even one you can fix yourself.
Find the noisy turbine and apply the lubricant to the moving parts of the turbine.
This causes the metal parts to rub together and make a squeaking noise.
Climb the ladder remove the access panel and enter the attic.
If it is rotating in an abnormal way rough or shaky check the lubrication of the bearings.
So you have to lubricate the parts to get it to stop the squeaking.
The whirly bird was.
Our turbine roof vents whirlybirds were really noisy and had some rattling that was causing some vibration in the house.
Place the stepladder under the attic access space.
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.
The wind turbine is squeaking as it turns.
I m sure the turbine is the original placed when the house was built.
The cause of a squeaky roof turbine is typically from the lubricant drying out.
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.
This will also eliminate annoying squeaking sounds.
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.
I climbed up to the roof to quiet them down with a long lasting wd 40 specialist product.
