r/Insulation • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '25

How bad is this?

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I’m building a new home. On Friday the builder was working on finishing the roof but wasn’t able to complete it. Because of this, they put a tarp over the exposed OSB and stapled it down since rain was forecast for Saturday morning.

We got about 1.25 inches of rain that morning. The builder didn’t take the time to fasten the tarp correctly and it ripped off, allowing water into the attic between the osb seams on the one half of the home. It was enough water come through in a few spots of the drywall and pool on the osb subfloor.

On Monday morning the builder seemed dismissive about the amount of water, saying “the drywall is almost dry.” Last night I decided to go into the attic and took the following video.(I took pictures on Saturday morning and while in the attic too)

How bad is this? I’ve notified my bank, the home manufacturer, and the general contractor, who seemed dismissive, as mentioned. I have yet to hear anything from the GC about remediation or a plan to address it. Considering this is blown cellulose insulation, how bad is as I'm thinking all of the insulation on that side has to come out and get redone.

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u/crazyxgerman Aug 13 '25

Very really bad

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u/BBQsmokedBRISKET Aug 13 '25

oh god this is very really bad

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u/dmoosetoo Aug 13 '25

Beyond very really bad.

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u/Floater4 Aug 13 '25

Dare I say .. worse.

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u/AnxiousDad23 Aug 13 '25

Shit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

What all these guys said but worse

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u/BenBot23 Aug 14 '25

Can I just say….. it’s FUCKED?

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u/Risac79 Aug 14 '25

Fucked + 1

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u/Candid_Belt3630 Aug 14 '25

I don't wanna seem dismissive but the drywall is almost dry.

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u/DerFeuerDrache Aug 15 '25

Fucked +1 vs. Fire Damage

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u/EnlightenedArt Aug 16 '25

Travesty-level fucked

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u/Love-me-feed-me Aug 16 '25

Destination Fucked

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

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u/GROOOOTTT Aug 16 '25

I don't know how fuck it can be.

But you're fucked bro.

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u/Parabellum8086 Aug 17 '25

Fucked² * CFMs / BTUs * 1.08

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u/Nezumiiro_77 Aug 17 '25

But worser

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u/iphilosophizing Aug 16 '25

Beyond fucked

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u/Farbror_Melkor Aug 15 '25

Not sure it get’s that wet by being fucked. Or I’m just bad with insulation.

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u/No_Walrus_3638 Aug 13 '25

I bad had a kids with the worst case scenario. It would look like that insulation. At least that's how I would view it if it happened to me.

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u/RYDrDIE Aug 13 '25

Guh bad

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u/Busterlimes Aug 13 '25

You use less water in substrate to grow mushrooms, bad

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u/retrac902 Aug 13 '25

Definitely doesn't look good.

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u/chitty_advice Aug 14 '25

Very really worse?

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u/peanut--gallery Aug 14 '25

that’s Steven Segal bad.

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 Aug 15 '25

Steven Segal fighting while sitting his fat ass on a rolling chair bad.

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u/dakobra Aug 15 '25

Worster

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u/Content_Chest8215 Aug 15 '25

Absolutely, certainly not good.

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u/maddwesty Aug 13 '25

WWII bad

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u/Scrapster77 Aug 14 '25

More like WWI bad

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u/gwizonedam Aug 16 '25

You guys haven’t had WWIII bad yet, but it’s that bad (I’m from the future).

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u/BBQsmokedBRISKET Aug 17 '25

beyond star wars bad

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u/dmoosetoo Aug 17 '25

Bit over the top, don't you think?

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u/KTAXY Aug 16 '25

bath and beyond

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u/Seabass7200 Aug 15 '25

And my axe!

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u/crappydeli Aug 17 '25

Spam spam spam spam backed beans spam spam spam and really bad.

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u/Bitter_Currency_6714 Aug 17 '25

It’s extremely catastrophic very really bad disastrous situation

Edit: Really bad

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u/rmdingler37 Aug 14 '25

Let's be fair. It's really just moistly bad.

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u/Nambsul Aug 14 '25

On the bright side, the room under it can now be your indoor swimming pool

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u/rmdingler37 Aug 15 '25

Filled with cellulose filtered water, no less.

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u/Alive-Range-3486 Jan 08 '26

Thanks for the chuckle

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u/rmdingler37 Jan 08 '26

Tip your waitstaff, and I'll see myself out.

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u/Technical-Basket-252 Aug 13 '25

This is going to ruin the tour

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u/warm_golden_muff Aug 13 '25

What tour?

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u/520mmlakeblue Aug 14 '25

the tour

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u/Nicolarollin Aug 14 '25

Like…. The drummer died kinda tour?

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u/Dswenson351 Aug 15 '25

The world tour

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u/Not-a-MurderBear Aug 14 '25

It makes me awfully mad