How To Remove Ice Shield From Roof

Removing ice and watershield i wouldn t remove the shield if anything i d supplement it possibly by going over it.

How to remove ice shield from roof.

As anyone who has tried already knows it can be very difficult to remove shingles from ice shield. Ice and water shield re roof i was told by i w manufacture that u can only have 2 layers then u need to remove the plywood and start over. I knew it had an ice water shield underlayment around the perimeter because i was the one that installed the roof 22 years ago. This is great but ice shield also creates other problems for roof installers.

By design ice shield adheres to the roof deck. I had a roof that was stripped and re shingled 22 years ago 1989. Good luck getting the shingles off the i w. It s a fairly low slope roof 2 1 2 12 pitch with a southern exposure and it takes a real beating from the sun.

Hi my name is howard this is my first time using the forum. I am going to replace my roof my question is do i try to remove the existing ice and water shield or just lay new ice and water shield over the old. Unless you hate future roofers that you don t even know yet do not cover the entire deck with iws. And often shingles stick to the ice shield and that can easily add hours if not days to the tear off project.

Removing ice and water shield for re roof. I ve stripped a few roofs with i w and it s extremely difficult to get back to the original deck. Open to any and all suggestions thanks. Some work better removing the bulk of the shingles first leaving those who stick badly then peeling the ice shield off diagonally from one corner one or better two or three people pulling being careful not to back off the roof and one other person going along on the exposed surface with along handled driveway ice scraper like a mutt but.