Tear off the roof deck.
Pulling off ice shield from roof.
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.
When there is a large area of shingles that need to be removed the best option may be to tear everything off including the roof deck.
Have the roofer who suggested the ice and water shield put it on bare wood.
Other roofing contractors also use a multi tool to separate shingles from ice shield but that is tedious process.
I was buzzing right along from the top down then i hit the iws.
It runs up the roof about 60 from the edge.
With that said i m pulling back a portion of my roof to tie a new roof into.
Then pull off the shingles with your hands carry them across the roof to the trash container location and throw them in.
I would suspect that it could be tough to pull up.
Interestingly enough i have never tripped a roof with i w shield.
This can be a lot of work especially if there are valleys involved see below.
Then add shingles on top of it.
The other roofer was.
Most manufacturers specify at least a 4 12 roof pitch for installing them meaning for every foot the rafters extend out from the ridge beam they drop down 4 inches.
If there is one layer of shingles on now it must come off.
I think if it is going to be tough i would be sure any damaged lifted edges i would cut off or flatted out and then go right over it i see no reason you couldn t unless you suspect some damage beneath it.
The roof is only 4 years old yet the shingles are stuck as if they are now part of the membrane.
Ice and water protector sometimes also referred to as ice and water shield is a waterproof roof underlayment membrane developed to protect vulnerable areas on a roof from ice and water damage.
Open to any and all suggestions thanks.
If i m using asphalt shingles i always protect the sheathing with ice and water shield first pulling it onto the fascia and rake boards and cover it with trim.
It is a 4 year old roof with the ice and water shield on structural insulated panels outer layer is 3 4 osb so we are not able to simply replace the plywood we need to remove the i w and build a new roof system 8 above the existing one for circulation reasons.
Ice and water protectors sometimes called ice and snow shields in cold climates are made with polymer modified bitumen.
