Interesting "insulation"

[twendorff]

I did an inspection last week and when I opened the attic access panel (in the bedroom), I noticed that there was about 2"-2.5" of tarpaper (shown in the picture). When I entered the attic, there was fiberglass insulation in only about half of it.

I have never seen this before and was wondering what the history may have been???

I wrote it up as improper material and inadequate insulation.

Thoughts, ideas?

Thanks.

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[Robert Jones]

Was it a converted garage?

[twendorff]

Was it a converted garage?

No, it's a 60 year old house that was originally very small with an attached garage. They converted the garage to a sunroom and added a dettached garage.

[Bill Kibbel]

I'm not sure what you mean by "2"-2.5" of tarpaper".

What I see in your picture reminds me of many buildings that I've inspected that originally had low-sloped roofs. After battling leaks for decades, they construct a new sloped-roof structure over the original. This creates a new attic space, with the old, built-up hot roof as the floor of the attic.

[hausdok]

That's what it looks like; a BUR with a new roof framed over it and a hole cut in the old deck.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Tom Raymond]

Is it me or does that deck look like asbestos sheet?

Tom

[hausdok]

Might be. It wouldn't concern me; to inhale asbestos from that, you'd have to break off chunks, grind them up into powder and then snort the stuff. That's a lot of effort to go to in order to kill oneself. You'd probably breath more asbestos fiber driving down the interstate on a dry dusty day than you'd inhale there in 100 years.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Kyle Kubs]

I'm not sure what you mean by "2"-2.5" of tarpaper".

What I see in your picture reminds me of many buildings that I've inspected that originally had low-sloped roofs. After battling leaks for decades, they construct a new sloped-roof structure over the original. This creates a new attic space, with the old, built-up hot roof as the floor of the attic.

That was my first thought.