Mess In Attic After New Roof

Found myself in an attic today trying to prepare the customer for the huge mess left after stripping off their roof.

Mess in attic after new roof.

It s common for debris to land in the attic or on the ground around your home. The roof is arguably the most important component of your house. Attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents. This is definitely good advice for when i have my roof replaced.

Both shingles and sawdust can fuel attic fires turning a small flame into a devastating house fire. I advised them to consolidate as much as possible and cover everything well. 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. I find that we are quoting more roofs after taking a hiatus for a few years.

I will definitely have to make sure that i am not there when i get a new roof. After all there 39 s only so much debris i can throw out in the weekly pickup. 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. Point being there was 100 year old shingles 2 layers of wood shake and 3 layers of asphalt wood dust and who knows what else and what kind of shingles they were.

Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool. Bottom layer is cedar shakes so you know it s going to be crappy. 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 is normal on a total resheet or when plywood is replaced for debris to drop into the attic. I 39 m determined to clean up the attic reasonably thoroughly probably over a period of time. When the roofers tore off our roof the furnace in our attic and the attic did not get covered properly. After all it keeps water out of the building.

When the debris was cleaned out by my husband he looked black as night from the asphalt dust when i turned on our ac a. I have been thinking of getting a new roof lately.