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Hi, I live in a Philadelphia rowhome. I installed cheap roof vents and in the process of cutting out the little square for the vents realized my rowhome has a metal roof covered by a rubber roof.
The attic area has a lot of mold, dry rotted wood, etc.
Is there supposed to be a layer of sheet metal over the planked wood? Then rubber on top of all of that?
To be clear... the layers are:
rubber
rubber
sheet metal (now I can see this between the cracks of the planked wood)
plank wood (visible in the crawl space/ attic)
The home was constructed around 1910 to 1920.
I am not doing any roofing myself. After looking at this, I think the entire thing needs to get ripped up to let the roof/ attic breathe. Without researching it, I'm assuming the metal traps all vapor and should not be there.
I'd appreciate any feedback.
Party on,
Philly metal causing mold
The attic area has a lot of mold, dry rotted wood, etc.
Is there supposed to be a layer of sheet metal over the planked wood? Then rubber on top of all of that?
To be clear... the layers are:
rubber
rubber
sheet metal (now I can see this between the cracks of the planked wood)
plank wood (visible in the crawl space/ attic)
The home was constructed around 1910 to 1920.
I am not doing any roofing myself. After looking at this, I think the entire thing needs to get ripped up to let the roof/ attic breathe. Without researching it, I'm assuming the metal traps all vapor and should not be there.
I'd appreciate any feedback.
Party on,
Philly metal causing mold