It is ideal for slopes 2 12 or higher and can be used under a variety of roofing materials including asphalt shingles cedar or metal roof cladding.
Tyvek roof felt.
Tyvek s breathable roof membrane test examines 36 waterproof breathable membranes.
As it happens i have felt paper on my own home and if i could choose between felt and housewrap and do it over again i d still choose felt.
Interesting question on tyvek and felt paper for roof i tore a 3 y o metal roof off that had tyvek installed as an underlayment.
Thanks to superior material durability and a unique functional layer the tyvek membrane beats all others.
Tyvek roof protector dupont roof protector is an engineered synthetic roofing underlayment with a high strength to weight ratio.
The tyvek had disintegrated into little pieces no bigger than a quarter.
All i can find is tyvek to expensive and roofing felt.
All roof breather underlays have been subjected to heat exposure of 90 c above the ce requirement of 70 c and then tested to ensure their continued water resistance to class w1.
Again tyvek demonstrated high durability and significantly superior resistance to temperatures of 90 c.
Felt paper does the same thing but at a much slower rate.