Ice And Water Shield Roof
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.
Ice and water shield roof. Fully adhered roofing underlayment sticks aggressively to deck surface. You should seriously consider using ice water shield if you live in ice dam country. It can protect your home from water leaks caused by ice dams and wind driven rain. Ice and water shield contains asphalt cement a special stretchable membrane and a fancy co polymer called styrene butadene styrene sbs.
Ice and water shield is a thin rubberized asphalt membrane that goes beneath the shingles of your roof typically only along the overhangs and in the valleys. Grace ice water shield is supplied in 3 ft wide rolls of varying lengths. The sbs component makes the product very sticky. The ice and water shield roofing material is made with a rubberized asphalt mixture that solves these problems.
Grace ice water shield is a versatile underlayment material that may be used on sloped roofs under mechanically attached roof coverings such as asphalt shingles slate tile cedar and standing seam metal in many climate and assembly conditions see limitations for additional information. Forms a watertight seal around fasteners used to install shingles and other roof coverings. 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.
Specifically designed to meet the challenges inherent in metal roof assemblies delivers all the advantages of grace ice and water shield with thermal stability up to 260 f seals around roofing nails resisting leakage caused by water back up ice dams or wind driven rain can be left exposed for up to 120 days. 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.