The Importance Of Water Barrier Underlayment
Living in South Florida means enjoying sunny skies and mild winters, a true dream for many. However, it’s important to note that during rainy season, from June to September, South Florida experiences an average of 8 total inches of rain per month.
With this in mind, ensuring your roof is sealed, protected, and leak proof is essnetial. Whether you’re working on new construction, renovating, or maintaining your property, understanding the importance of water barrier underlayment for your roof is crucial.
What Is Water Barrier Underlayment?
Understanding the importance of your roof requires looking at the entire system. For many homeowners, the roof is often overlooked until there is a visible problem. However, your roof is a complex system, designed to ensure your home’s integrity, functionality, and longevity.
A typical roof consists of roof decking (installed over the roof’s framing system), material (shingles, tiles, etc.), flashing (thin metal that directs water away from seams and joints), ventilation, gutters, and downspouts.
Before the roofing material is placed on the decking, water barrier underlayment is applied to the flat sheets of Oriented Strand Board (OSB), plywood, or metal. This underlayment is crucial because it protects the decking, roofing materials, and the interior from leaks.
Types of Underlayment
In general, there are three different types of roofing underlayment commonly used in the industry.
1.Synthetic
2. Asphalt-Saturated Felt
3.Self-Adhered
Synthetic underlayment is a popular choice. You may have heard it referred to as non-bitumen synthetic underlayment. Comprised of layers of woven polymers, it offers a tough, tear-resistant roofing underlayment.
Asphalt saturated felt is among the oldest type. It’s created from a mat or paper that is then coated in asphalt. This kind of underlayment often requires the application of multiple layers for maximum protection.
Self-adhered water barrier underlayment uses rubber polymers to create a sticky-backed, weather resistant underlayment. Because of this design, it offers a water resistant seal.
Benefits of Water Barrier Underlayment
A strong, durable, roofing system is essential to prevent costly and potentially irreperable damage. Everything from damaged drywall to electrical system destruction and flooding is possible from even the smallest, untreated roof leak. A quality water barrier underlayment provides:
Enhanced Protection Against Leaks
Roofing underlayment is water resistant which helps repel moisture from the rainy season, but it also keeps water from condensation caused by the high humidity from collecting and damaging the surface of the roof.
Energy Efficiency
Even during the rainy season, Florida’s high humidity keeps the air temperature warm and sometimes sticky. Inside, high humidity can make the air feel stuffy, causing you to reach for the down button on the AC. With water barrier underlayment, air from inside your home is less likely to escape since it’s adhered to the roof, meaning the temperature can stabilize. Roofing underlayment provides long term protection for energy efficiency and can even act as sound insulation, too.
Enhanced Longevity
A solid foundation creates a house with good bones, but this doesn’t just mean at the bottom. Water barrier underlayment for your roof protects the decking and the roof covering whether you choose shingles, tile, or metal materials for years to come, ultimately helping extend the lifespan of your roof.
Peace of Mind
One of the best gifts you can give yourself as a homeowner is the gift of peace of mind. A trust in the products you’ve selected to protect your home, belongings, and everyone you love. Water barrier underlayment offers that unbeatable peace of mind for many years to come.
Why Choose Tag & Stick Water Barrier Underlayment
Tag & Stick is a revolutionary roofing underlayment that has transformed roof protection in South Florida and offers the following unique advantages:
1. Single-Step Installation
One of the top advantages is the ease and efficiency of installation. Traditional underlayment relies on fasteners and additional adhesive, often meaning 2 or more trips to the installation site, thus prolonging your roofing project and increasing costs of labor and material. With Tag & Stick, it is all done in one trip.
2. Flexible Use
Whether you’re a homeowner looking for a roofing upgrade or a contractor searching for an affordable, efficient, and proven solution, Tag & Stick is for you. As a homeowner, you’ll enjoy all the benefits like durable longevity, peace of mind, and energy efficiency. As a contractor, you’ll enjoy benefits like, there is no hot tar or hot mops required, and it works with battens plus all existing types of flashing. Did we mention that Tag & Stick underlayment exceeds all code requirements?
3. Repairs And Re-Roofing, Reimagined
Unfortunately, reroofing and repairs are simply part of owning a home or commercial business. With traditional underlayment, the process of removing for a repair, a reroof, or even a change of aesthetics can be time consuming and costly. Remember all the additional adhesive and fasteners we mentioned earlier? Well, all that must be removed before a new project can begin, and, often, this process damages the decking underneath.
With Tag & Stick, the ease of installation proves to be an amazing benefit when it’s time for a repair or reroof because the process of removing the old underlayment is eliminated allowing you to focus on the job at hand first.
4. Environmentally Friendly
Cost-effective, easy to install, versatile, and environmentally friendly. That’s what you’ll get when you choose Tag & Stick. Because this underlayment doesn’t depend on hot tar, hot mops, or other traditional methods of installation and manufacturing, we’ve been able to reduce our carbon footprint and you can too.
Water Barrier Underlayment In South Florida
Now that you understand the role of roofing underlayment and the benefits of a quality water barrier underlayment, you can see why Tag & Stick is an excellent choice.
For more information on Tag & Stick self-adhere underlayment, feel free to reach out online or give us a call at 954-255-3107 and learn how it can protect your home for years to come.