House Smells Like Tar After New Roof

Today the roof is finished.

House smells like tar after new roof.

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. 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. 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. I am going into my third year of this tar like smell coming from my second floor which is our bedrooms.

It looks great and even better doesn t leak. This smell is because of the sealants on the asphalt shingles that naturally melt and set the shingles in place. 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.

If you had new asphalt roof shingles set then the smell is probably something ashy. My landlord had a new roof put on the house last december. 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. Musty smell in house.

An hour ago i believed i didn t make a terrible decision that will exacerbate my migraine attacks. New asphalt shingles can give off a tar like smell that for some comes off as being very strong and irritating.