Roofers Left Debris In Attic

It is normal on a total resheet or when plywood is replaced for debris to drop into the attic.

Roofers left debris in 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 39 m determined to clean up the attic reasonably thoroughly probably over a period of time. 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. We are having insulation put in and the insulation company quoted us 1700 to clear it out.

Cleaning roofing debris out of attic we had our roof replaced several years ago and the roofers left the debris in our attic. After all there 39 s only so much debris i can throw out in the weekly pickup. Items stored in your attic are subject to dust and debris during the removal of an existing roof. When the roofers tore off our roof the furnace in our attic and the attic did not get covered properly.

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. Also putting it in from the inside leave the vent area wide open ofr insect or bat nesting. Is there another quick non expensive way to fix this unable to afford a re roof at the current time. If this is the case no matter how careful the crews are there will be some debris that gets into the attic.

This is especially true if the roof being removed is a wood shingle roof. Face it towards the area of the roof that gets warm and run it whenever there is any snow on the roof. A roofing contractor can install the ridge and soffit vents that a properly ventilated roof should have. But if you can t get this work done before winter try placing a small box fan in the attic to cool the underside of the roof.

Yep wayne had a look at my attic yesterday and the new roof and gutter downspout system. A lesser known fire hazard that s left behind after a roofing job is moisture. Both shingles and sawdust can fuel attic fires turning a small flame into a devastating house fire. 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.