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.

House smells like tar after new roof.

New asphalt shingles can give off a tar like smell that for some comes off as being very strong and irritating. Today the roof is finished. It looks great and even better doesn t leak. 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.

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. All was well until we put the air conditioner on late april this year. 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. Musty smell in house.

If you had new asphalt roof shingles set then the smell is probably something ashy. 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. My landlord had a new roof put on the house last december. This smell is because of the sealants on the asphalt shingles that naturally melt and set the shingles in place.

An hour ago i believed i didn t make a terrible decision that will exacerbate my migraine attacks. We had a roofer replace our flat roof and had three vents put in by this roofing company.