I have seen alot of guys start putting felt paper over the ice and water.
Ice and water roofing paper.
Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen.
Start your roofing project right with the proper underlayment.
The ice and water barrier is much slipper than roofing felt.
Traditional felt paper does a decent job at stopping most leaks where water gets under shingles tiles metal or slate.
Grace ice water shield 36 in x 75 ft 200 sq ft rubber roof underlayment.
Felt paper or tar paper is also a rolled material you see roofers nailing down under shingles.
When it first came out everyone put shingles right over the ice and water.
I always install the felt above the ice and water barrier.
What does felt paper do.
Roofing ice and water shield may look like traditional felt paper but it s vastly different in performance.
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Then down the road it came time for a new roof.
It is a common look out for the next time the roof needs to be worked on.
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Roofing ice and water shield may look like traditional felt paper but it s vastly different in performance.
Choose from a wide variety of felt and synthetics.
Those shingles bonded to the ice and water.
Ice and water shield is a far superior product compared to basic roofing felt paper.
The reason is removal.
Felt is much safer.
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.
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It s an asphalt saturated paper that increases the water resistance of your roof from wind driven rains or blow offs.
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Traditional felt paper does a very good job at stopping most leaks where water gets.
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.
The ice and water shield must stick firmly over the top of the drip edge on the soffit edge of the roof.