Rooffing Ice Protection

Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface.

Rooffing ice protection.

It s a great product but like most materials there are quality shields and then ones that should be avoided. Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen. 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.

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. 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. Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros. Watch later shingles are important but so is the ice water shield protection that goes underneath them.

Metal roof snow guards prevent the avalanche of frozen precipitation on sloped metal roofing located in winter climates. Grace ice and water shield roofing underlayment a registered trademark of gcp applied technologies is the name that contractors trust the most to protect their reputations. Our roof snow guards for standing seam panels shingles chimneys and vents help protect gutters landscaping and pedestrians. 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 belt metal panels many roofs are made of shingles which work well to remove water until it starts to travel upward. Snow starts to melt in certain areas of the roof which are warmer than others due to heat loss from the attic. This provides added protection against ice dams. This shield protects vulnerable areas on your roof where the shingles cannot.

Install the ice barrier membrane according to the manufacturer s instructions with the drip edge installed on top of the membrane. Once this thick ice forms it prevents melting snow from running off the roof.