Roofers Left Debris In Attic

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Roofers left debris in attic.

Yep wayne had a look at my attic yesterday and the new roof and gutter downspout system. A roofing contractor can install the ridge and soffit vents that a properly ventilated roof should have. It s common for debris to land in the attic or on the ground around your home. Cleaning roofing debris out of attic we had our roof replaced several years ago and the roofers left the debris in our attic.

If this is the case no matter how careful the crews are there will be some debris that gets into the attic. 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 considered foam spray to seal the underside of the roof to stop the debris cement falling down into the loft space but have read a few negative reviews about this method. I 39 m determined to clean up the attic reasonably thoroughly probably over a period of time.

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. You do not want to put mesh in the roof sheathing slot under the vent because the debris will just pile up there inside the vent and block your hot moist air flow out which is why the vent is there in the first place. Face it towards the area of the roof that gets warm and run it whenever there is any snow on the roof. After all there 39 s only so much debris i can throw out in the weekly pickup.

Both shingles and sawdust can fuel attic fires turning a small flame into a devastating house fire. 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. It is normal on a total resheet or when plywood is replaced for debris to drop into the attic. We are having insulation put in and the insulation company quoted us 1700 to clear it out.

When the roofers tore off our roof the furnace in our attic and the attic did not get covered properly. 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. This is especially true if the roof being removed is a wood shingle roof. Items stored in your attic are subject to dust and debris during the removal of an existing roof.