What Type of Underlayment is Best for Snowy, Cold Weather?
There are lots of types of underlayment out there, and they’ve all got their advantages and disadvantages. Some perform better in extreme heat, some are designed to withstand moisture, and so on. What’s best for areas that experience a lot of cold and snow? For these...
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All the Facts Roofing Pros Need to Know about Synthetic Underlayment
Roofing felt has been around for a long time. More than 170 years ago, prospectors covered their shanty roofs with roofing felt, which was known as felt paper or tar paper back then. And it served as the primary roofing material, too, not just an underlayment....
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Benefits of a Storm Proof Roof
The roof is perhaps the most important element of the entire home. It’s what keeps the rain out and keeps the entire rest of the home safe from moisture, UV radiation, snow, hail, ice and more. That’s why a storm proof roof is so important. High wind events can do a...
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7 Things that can Damage Your Roofing Underlayment
Underlayment is a vital part of a roof’s structure, something that can protect the roof deck in the event that the roofing itself fails or if water should seep beneath shingles. But can the underlayment itself fail? It can if it has been damaged—and here are some of...
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What is the Best Underlayment to Protect Roof Valleys from Leaking?
This is a question that people ask us all the time! What type of underlayment should you use on the valleys of a roof? You’ve got a choice between traditional felt underlayment, synthetic underlayment, and peel and stick synthetic underlayment. All of these options...
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Summer Roofing Safety Tips for Contractors and Crews
Summer is roofing time, and we all know what that means! It’s time to consider safety. This year, there are a whole host of new safety precautions to keep in mind because of COVID-19—and we happen to have a post about staying safe on the job despite the pandemic, if...
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Roofing Tips for Contractors During COVID-19
COVID-19 is facing contractors with a variety of unique challenges right now. Is roofing an essential business during the pandemic? And how do you go about keeping your workers safe on the job? These are questions that everyone is asking—and below, we have the answers...
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Asphalt Saturated Felt vs. Rubberized Asphalt vs. Non Bitumen Synthetic
Roofers are faced with all kinds of choices as they design and install new roofing systems. One of those choices is the type of underlayment to be installed beneath the roofing itself. It should be a water-resistant barrier that acts as a secondary line of defense...
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Why Self-Adhered Underlayments Provide Higher Wind Uplift Resistance
Let’s get started with an announcement! Our Plystik Plus self-adhesive underlayment was recently approved for use with Polyset AH-160 Roof Tile Adhesive. Why is this significant? Well, to understand that, we’ll need to learn a little bit about Polyset’s product and...
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How Long Can Synthetic Underlayment be Exposed
For roofers making the choice between asphalt felt versus synthetic underlayments, there are a lot of factors to consider. Asphalt has been the standard for decades, and it remains a popular choice because roofers are familiar with it and because it’s typically...
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Why R&D is So Important to Epilay Synthetic Underlayment Products
Research and development are important at Epilay for a broad variety of reasons. We want to make sure that our underlayments provide the best protection possible for a roof deck, and we also want those products to be durable and long lasting. But there’s one part of...
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Is Underlayment Required Under All Asphalt Shingles?
Underlayment exists to protect the deck so that if moisture does get past the primary roofing material, the underlayment can stop it from damaging the deck.
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