New Roof Tar Smell In House

It looks great and even better doesn t leak.

New roof tar smell in house.

Now they are finished and the house stinks of tar. 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. Has anyone else out there had a similar experience. 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.

All was well until we put the air conditioner on late april this year. 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. This smell is because of the sealants on the asphalt shingles that naturally melt and set the shingles in place.

Learn which house smells mean trouble in your home. Today the roof is finished. Musty smell in house. 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.

We had a new roof put on a few years back. If you had new asphalt roof shingles set then the smell is probably something ashy. This cannot be good. 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.

My guess is maybe it s the insulation or whatnot. My landlord had a new roof put on the house last december. I leave the house and come back to a wall of awful stench. From what pets you have to what laundry detergent you use every house and family has a signature smell.

An hour ago i believed i didn t make a terrible decision that will exacerbate my migraine attacks. By nature houses are full of smells. It s been days of us breathing in this toxic smell. We ve been noticing a smell from the roof on hot days kind of like asphalt or tar.

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.