The guy also talks about how the ice water shield seals itself around roofing nails which helps to distinguish it from a traditional underlayment product e g.
Ice and water shield over whole roof.
The video shows you exactly what ice water shield looks like and where it s installed.
Asphalt shingles are a little bit permeable in windy conditions but not very.
Other types of roofing including cedar shingles and concrete tile roofing are fairly permeable.
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.
With over 35 years of performance history grace ice and water shield roofing underlayment offers the highest confidence for the life of the roof protects roofs from wind driven rain and ice dams.
Many types of roofing including epdm and standing seam steel roofing are virtually impermeable to water vapor.
Tar paper roofing felt thermoplastic polyolefin etc or cheaper.
In the video it s been installed on the entire roof.
Now ice and water shield is designed to stop ice damming or water that backs up say from your gutters and getting into the roof surface.
The arguement that oh i would hate to be the next guy having to remove the ice and water shield couldn t you just remove the shingles leave the ice and water down and then put new ice and water on top of the old.
Ice dams are formed by the continuous melting and freezing of snow due to heat escaping from the house or from a backup of frozen slush from the rain gutters the melted water flows under the snow and freezes as it reaches the unheated soffit area at the eaves thus.
Ice and water shield the whole roof.