Rooffing Ice Protection

The ice and water should be installed underneath and prior to the installation of roofing shingles weather metal or asphalt on your roof.

Rooffing ice protection.

Ice belt metal panels many roofs are made of shingles which work well to remove water until it starts to travel upward. Metal roof snow guards prevent the avalanche of frozen precipitation on sloped metal roofing located in winter climates. Install the ice barrier membrane according to the manufacturer s instructions with the drip edge installed on top of the membrane. Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros.

Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen. This provides added protection against ice dams. Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface. This shield protects vulnerable areas on your roof where the shingles cannot.

First and foremost your roof needs to have at least 2 feet of ice and water installed at the eaves and valleys of the roof. Our roof snow guards for standing seam panels shingles chimneys and vents help protect gutters landscaping and pedestrians. Once this thick ice forms it prevents melting snow from running off the roof. An ice dam is a solid ridge of ice that forms along the edges of your roof.

Then install regular roofing underlayment tar paper over the top of the drip edge and over the ice barrier and continuing all the way up the roof. Watch later shingles are important but so is the ice water shield protection that goes underneath them. Ice water barriers designed to protect the roof where water tends to collect including valleys vents chimneys and skylights. 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.

To take a more pro active approach in preventing ice dams you can install ice belt metal panels which are installed along the eaves to block water. 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.