Roofing Felt Vs Ice And Water Shield

Once the high temperature ice and water shield has been laid down you can now add the second underlayment layer.

Roofing felt vs ice and water shield.

The underlayment creates a secondary water barrier on the roof so leaks and water damage due to rain and storms are eliminated. Grace ice and water shield fully adhered smooth surface roofing underlayment provides best in class roof leak protection against wind driven rain and ice dams. Felt is much safer. Not all roofing underlayments are the same.

The grace ice water shield 36 x 36 roll is another product that is recommend in areas that get more rain and snow. This ice shield seals nail holes better then regular tar paper roofing materials. Roofing ice and water shield may look like traditional felt paper but it s vastly different in performance. An ice and water shield is a great roofing product to create leak free roofs.

The ice and water shield is an amazing roofing product that was first introduced in the 1980s. The rubberized asphalt layer actually seals around roofing nails so they are totally water resistant. The ice and water barrier is much slipper than roofing felt. Gcp invented fully adhered roofing underlayments more than 35 years ago.

It is a common look out for the next time the roof needs to be worked on. Grace ice water shield 36 in x 75 ft 200 sq ft rubber roof underlayment. Ice and water protector sometimes also referred to as ice and water shield is a waterproof roof underlayment membrane developed to protect vulnerable areas on a roof from ice and water damage. Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen.

If the roof slope is below 3 12 pitch see our previous post on how to determine a roof s pitch the entire roof should be covered but only if the roof is conventionally vented cold roof construction. It can be very dangerous when the new roofer is tearing off the old shingles and looses his or her footing on the ice and water barrier. Traditional felt paper does a very good job at stopping most leaks where water gets. I always install the felt above the ice and water barrier.

This ice water shield is applied as an underlayment prior to putting the shingles on the roof. An ice and water shield is a totally impermeable membrane that prevents leakage through the roof in the event of an ice dam.