New Roof Tar Smell In House

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.

New roof tar smell in house.

My landlord had a new roof put on the house last december. This cannot be good. A musty pungent odor could indicate a sink leak or broken pipe that has given rise to mold which loves to grow in dark damp spots. Today the roof is finished.

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We had a new roof put on a few years back. 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. Has anyone else out there had a similar experience. Musty smell in house.

Yes we had a new roof put on a few days ago and while they were working i began to smell the tar asphalt smell in my home. We ve been noticing a smell from the roof on hot days kind of like asphalt or tar. All was well until we put the air conditioner on late april this year. 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.

It s been days of us breathing in this toxic smell. I went up on top of the roof and couldn t smell anything just from the inside in parts of the house and only when it s hot outside. 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. If you had new asphalt roof shingles set then the smell is probably something ashy.

Now they are finished and the house stinks of tar. An hour ago i believed i didn t make a terrible decision that will exacerbate my migraine attacks. My guess is maybe it s the insulation or whatnot. I leave the house and come back to a wall of awful stench.

However this was on a 2 story house animals on first story roof physically far removed from them and in michigan in february no open windows or doors.