I contacted apartment service and they told me that they.
Roof ventilator noise.
Unscrew the cover and bring it to your workstation.
If the noise drives you crazy new spring loaded backdraft dampers 9 to 30 depending on the size should solve the problem.
If your vent is letting in a lot of noise it s probably also causing a draft or even preventing your room from heating evenly.
One way to do this is to create a plug out of the grate cover itself.
Sometimes wind and roof vents do not get along well.
Often a stiff wind will open vent dampers causing them to periodically clang shut.
The patter or even the roar of falling rain or hail popping and cracking noises perhaps due to thermal expansion and contraction of roof coverings metal roofing or roof structure and transmitted noises from other external sources such as low flying aircraft or nearby trains or auto truck traffic from a nearby highway.
Noise and vibration from roof ventilation fan i have lived at the top floor of a 12 story high rise apartment for over 10 years.
Well putting a temporary plug on it could help with all of these issues.
In january 2011 i noticed a loud noise from one of the roof fans located above my bedroom.
If you hear a banging noise coming through your bathroom vent when it is windy chances are that the wind is picking up the vent flap and then letting it bang closed.
This is a fan that ventilates 3 of the 30 apartments on my floor.