Ice And Water Shield Roofing

This ice shield seals nail holes better then regular tar paper roofing materials.

Ice and water shield roofing.

Seals around roofing nails resisting leakage caused by water back up ice dams or wind driven rain. Ice and water shield. An ice and water shield is a great roofing product to create leak free roofs. Width for easy installation at the transition areas as well as allowing for future tie ins.

The new membrane has the ripcord split release on demand feature placed in the center and near the edge 18 in. Roof detail membrane is a premier membrane based on the grace ice water shield roofing underlayment technology. Gcp invented fully adhered roofing underlayments more than 35 years ago. Delivers all the advantages of grace ice and water shield with thermal stability up to 260 f.

After that time it quickly came to be used by most companies to create better roofing systems whatever the weather. Grace ice water shield self adhered roofing underlayment is a premier membrane composed of two waterproofing materials an aggressive rubberized asphalt adhesive backed by a layer of slip resistant coated high density cross laminated polyethylene film. If an ice dam occurs on your roof and water backs up under the shingles it will seep down into your home through the nail holes holding the shingles. Specifically designed to meet the challenges inherent in metal roof assemblies.

Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen. The ice and water shield is an amazing roofing product that was first introduced in the 1980s. Roofing ice and water shield is a critically component to any new roofing system especially in cold weather climates. This ice water shield is applied as an underlayment prior to putting the shingles on the roof.

Ice water shield is a thick sticky back underlayment also known as felt paper that will adhere to your roof deck and prevent water from seeping into your home if it gets under your shingles. Many local building codes require ice and water shield and national building code states ice and water shield must start at the roofs eave edge and extend 2 ft inside heated wall space of a structure. 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.