Mess In Attic After New Roof

Properly tearing off a roof will reveal any water damage that has happened in the past and allow for a proper roof deck inspection.

Mess in attic after new roof.

That you put down plastic in your attic before they do the tear off. A lesser known fire hazard that s left behind after a roofing job is moisture. Our house is starting to get really bad water damage because of it. It s certainly possible that your attic ductwork is leaky and that the return ductwork in the attic is sucking in asphalt dust.

You should get a home performance contractor to perform a duct blaster test to test the tightness of your ductwork. Contractors should clean this debris up before leaving the site but as you probably know they oftentimes leave a mess behind for the homeowner to handle. Both shingles and sawdust can fuel attic fires turning a small flame into a devastating house fire. Found myself in an attic today trying to prepare the customer for the huge mess left after stripping off their roof.

This is definitely good advice for when i have my roof replaced. I advised them to consolidate as much as possible and cover everything well. The reason it will be so noisy is because the roofers will use brooms wheelbarrows shovels and tools to get the substrate clean enough to install a new roof. Flashings in particular are one place that leak very often if they aren t replaced with new flashings installed the right way they ll keep on leaking well after your new roof is installed.

The tear off is the very first thing they do so have the plastic down before they arrive. It is normal on a total resheet or when plywood is replaced for debris to drop into the attic. A quick scan of your roof from the ground may also yield some information as well. It s common for debris to land in the attic or on the ground around your home.

I have been thinking of getting a new roof lately. I will definitely have to make sure that i am not there when i get a new roof. Bottom layer is cedar shakes so you know it s going to be crappy. Asphalt dust is definitely an irritant and could be causing the symptoms you are describing.

In other words skylights stack lines chimneys and valleys are the most common places to see a leak if the tiles themselves are in good shape. I find that we are quoting more roofs after taking a hiatus for a few years. You can use thin stuff probably the 1 mil sheeting they have at home depot etc.