How To Install Ice Shield On Roof

Installing ice and water shield roofing text.

How to install ice shield on roof.

Here s how proper installation of grace ice water shield the conventional method. Ice and water protector needs to be installed directly onto the roof deck after you have placed the drip edge at the eave. Cut the membrane into 3 5 m 10 15 ft lengths and re roll loosely. Install the ice barrier membrane according to the manufacturer s instructions with the drip edge installed on top of the membrane.

Bruce asked me the following question. Begin at a lower corner of roof parallel to the eave and flip the whole sheet over so the adhesive side with release film faces up. Peel both sides of the release film completely off. 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.

Peel back 300 600 mm 1 2 ft of release liner align membrane. If installed properly this reliable roofing underlayment can save homeowners 18 000 in reroofing costs.