New Roof Tar Smell In House

Now they are finished and the house stinks of tar.

New roof tar smell in house.

Today the roof is finished. It looks great and even better doesn t leak. 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. We had a new roof put on a few years back.

By nature houses are full of smells. All was well until we put the air conditioner on late april this year. It s been days of us breathing in this toxic smell. 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 cannot be good. 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. 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.

If you had new asphalt roof shingles set then the smell is probably something ashy. New asphalt shingles can give off a tar like smell that for some comes off as being very strong and irritating. Learn which house smells mean trouble in your home. 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.

From what pets you have to what laundry detergent you use every house and family has a signature smell. This smell is because of the sealants on the asphalt shingles that naturally melt and set the shingles in place. My guess is maybe it s the insulation or whatnot. There seemed to be no ill effect on the animals at the time 1 cham 1 leo an assortment of fish newts and frog.

I leave the house and come back to a wall of awful stench. 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. My landlord had a new roof put on the house last december.

An hour ago i believed i didn t make a terrible decision that will exacerbate my migraine attacks.