House Smells Like Tar After New Roof

We had a roofer replace our flat roof and had three vents put in by this roofing company.

House smells like tar after new roof.

Using hot roofing tar can easily cause odor complaints because the odor is strong pungent and can be smelled at very low concentrations in the air. It looks great and even better doesn t leak. If you had new asphalt roof shingles set then the smell is probably something ashy. I noticed the can left on the roof in an aerial shot of my roof was tar that.

An hour ago i believed i didn t make a terrible decision that will exacerbate my migraine attacks. Musty smell in house. Can a new roof installation make your house sti. Leaving the house open all night and a special 40 air conditioner filter diminished the odor greatly though the smell is worsening as the day warms up.

Today the roof is finished. Then in the afternoon after the outside of the house gets good and hot the inside has a strong asphalt type smell which hurts my throat. This smell is because of the sealants on the asphalt shingles that naturally melt and set the shingles in place. New asphalt shingles can give off a tar like smell that for some comes off as being very strong and irritating.

Odors from rubber roof adhesives have a sweet organic odor solvent odor that people begin to smell when the concentration in air is much higher. I am going into my third year of this tar like smell coming from my second floor which is our bedrooms.