Ice And Water Shield Entire Roof

And they were talking about putting on i guess ice and water shield.

Ice and water shield entire roof.

Tar paper roofing felt thermoplastic polyolefin etc or cheaper. Ice and water shield is a great product that can be used in spots to protect the most vulnerable areas of your roof or as a whole roof underlayment to protect from ice dams water dams storms and leaking in any area of the country and any weather. Water and ice shield on entire roof bad idea. Do you need to put it on the entire roof or and also do you need felt as well in addition to the ice and water shield.

Both products have a separate purpose. In the video it s been installed on the entire roof. And the question was to what extent do you need ice and water shield on the roof. Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen.

Underlayment typical 15 tarred felt underlayment provides back up protection against water intrusion only as long as the primary roofing material. The situation was a slate roof on a 120 yr. The arguement that oh i would hate to be the next guy having to remove the ice and water shield couldn t you just remove the shingles leave the ice and water down and then put new ice and water on top of the old. Ice and water shield the whole roof.

The guy also talks about how the ice water shield seals itself around roofing nails which helps to distinguish it from a traditional underlayment product e g. Old brick firehouse currently used for dead storage by the town i think one small room is heated but not the whole building. The video shows you exactly what ice water shield looks like and where it s installed. From hud path best practices guide.