Rain On Tar Paper Roof

It s your roofer s responsibility to try to make it water tight.

Rain on tar paper roof.

When tar paper gets wet it buckles and ripples. Certainly it would have been better to have covered the roof with a tarp or roofing felt before it rained. By carlye jones roofing felt also known as tar paper serves as both an extra layer of protection between the shingles and the plywood and as a temporary moisture barrier until all the shingles. Felt is compressed fibers of wool.

Any repairs would be his problem. Roofing felt is made of compressed polyester or fiberglass fibers. Osb like all other wood will expand. Bitumen or asphalt is distilled from petroleum and is what makes roofing felt waterproof.

It sounds like the tarpaper covering this is the old tar paper correct. Traditional roofing felt also called tar paper or underlayment is felt saturated with bitumen also called asphalt. Normal delays and the rain you indicated will not affect the structural properties of the panels. Over a long and i mean long period of time the sun heat will dry out the.

It is typical for the roof to be in this condition for 30 60 days while other phases of the construction are completed. I wouldn t trust it in the rain but it s not my job.