Roofing Felts
At County we stock a wide selection of roofing felts, some of which are shown below.
RUBERSHIELD-PRO Breather Membrane
Rubershield-Pro Breather Membrane allows potentially harmful moisture vapour to escape from within a building to the outside air, while remaining rain and water-resistant. A membrane that is suitable and approved for all types of roofing construction is a huge benefit, especially when it's also lightweight, easy to handle, strong and durable.
Rubershield-Pro conforms to the highest performance and professional standards. Designed as a fully supported or unsupported breathable underlay for tiled, slated or metal roofing systems, it's equally suitable whether draped unsupported over rafters or laid directly over insulation or traditional sarking planks.
Note, Rubershield-Pro is laid printed side up.
- Highly breathable so allows the escape of harmful moister vapour
- Robust with high tensile and tear strength
- Long-term durability
- Ideal for warm or cold roof applications (ventilated/unventilated)
- BBA Certification for all roof configurations
- Environmentally friendly - no adhesives or toxic additives
- 100% recyclable.
ZYLEX 1F Roofers Felft
Zylex is the traditional underslating, complying to British Standards and still favoured by many roofers.
Zylex Reinforced slaters' felts are manufactured specifically for use as an underslating beneath tiles or slates in open rafter construction. It can also be used as a vapour retarder in built-up roofing.
Zylex has a felt fibre base combined with a layer of open weave hessian, saturated and coated with bitumen and surfaced with sand. Complies with BS747 Type 1F.
- Traditional Underslating BS747 1F.
- Long established and highly regarded slaters' felt
- Suitable for cold ventilated roofs
- UK manufactured.
- To be used with Ruberoid Eaves Protection Strip.
Top Sheet Green Slate
Top Sheet Green Slate is a heavyweight, green slate surfaced top layer, and is ideal for use as the cap sheet to a multi-layer system or a single layer on shed roofs.
Roll size: 10m x 1m
Choosing and Using Traditional & Shed Roofing Felt
Where to use?
Garden buildings, e.g. sheds, summer houses, kennels and hutches. These products should not be used on houses or other habitable dwellings.
What they do?
These traditional materials have been used for waterproofing roofs for over 100 years. They can be used in one, two or three layer applications. Life expectancy is typically 5 years, but will depend on the type of build-up and the quality of installation.
What are they?
Felts are composed of rag-fibre base, saturated and then coated with oxidised bitumen.
How they are fixed?
It is recommended that Traditional Felts are cold-bonded in IKOpro HP Cold Adhesive. Shed Felts may be fixed with galvanised clout-headed nails.
