How To Install Water Ice Roof

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How to install water ice roof. Peel back 300 600 mm 1 2 ft of release liner align membrane. 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. Installing ice and water shield roofing text. Roofing a flat roof with new pitch and installation of certainteed flintastic roofing duration.

West coast roofer roofing and roof repair 39 375 views. The conventional method cut the membrane into 3 5 m 10 15 ft lengths and re roll loosely. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size. Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a.

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. Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment. If an ice dam occurs on your roof and water backs up under the shingles it will seep down into your home through the nail holes holding the shingles. The drip edge will be installed over the ice and water protector and other underlayments at roof rake edges you should install ice and water protector before other underlayments including roof felt.

Today i needed to waterproof the roof before the storms arrive. Peel the release liner from the membrane. When water and ice is installed should it be adhesive backed and should it be on the bare sheathing at first i was going to give my standard response but i thought this would be an excellent teaching moment.