Ice And Water Guard Roofing

Grace ice and water shield ht is an excellent high temperature ice and water barrier that follows in the footsteps of the original ice and water shield but is specially formulated to meet the higher service temperatures that are inherent to metal and tile roofs.

Ice and water guard roofing.

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. Grace ice water shield roofing membrane is used as an underlayment for sloped roofs to resist water penetration due to water back up behind ice dams or wind driven rain. As snow and ice melt and re freeze on a roof they can get under the shingles and become a leaking problem. Grace ice water shield underlayment also offers leak protection in trouble prone spots like valleys skylights protrusions and other flashing areas.

An ice guard is put into place to prevent water from melting snow and ice from leaking through the roof. 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. Not all high temperature roofing underlayments are the same. An ice guard is designed to extend far enough back from the edge of the roof to capture this melting snow and ice and transport the.