Roof Breather Membrane

Breather membranes or breathable membranes can be used to keep the internal components of wall and roof structures dry.

Roof breather membrane.

Prevent leaks with roof membrane and tile underlayment. Often without the need for ventilation. Although it can be made air permeable to some degree high resistance membrane is only suitable for use in cold ventilated pitched roof systems. If there is no ridge ventilation the breather membrane should go over the ridge and overlap each side of the ridge line by the required overlap.

Find breathable membrane from rhinovent sark it at toolstation. Free delivery over 25. Roof breather membrane on the other hand allows far greater moisture transfer making it crucial that there is adequate air movement above. Installed to the outer side of the insulation over or under the counter battens on a pitched roof breather membranes allow water vapour to escape from inside a building.

They work by allowing insulated structures to easily release excess moisture vapour into the atmosphere. Breather membranes were designed as an alternative to tile vents breather membranes allow ventilation to occur and water vapour to pass through removing the need to install a number of tile vents along the roof saving time money and labour. However we d still advise having another form of ventilation in case the breather membrane is not enough or excess moisture is produced. Cedar breather underlayment from benjamin obdyke benjamin obdyke cedar breather ventilated underlayment cedar breather protects the beauty and life of wood roofing by providing a space for continuous airflow between the solid roof deck and shingles or shakes.

Vapour permeable breather membranes protect against wind insects dirt weather penetration whilst insulating your property. On roof valleys ensure the breather membrane is extended by a minimum of 300mm on each side measured from the centre of the valley. Why breather membranes are required moisture often passes into the roof space as vapour and then condenses when it reaches a cool surface. Tyvek supro is the market leading breather membrane and is a water resistant membrane suitable for all supported and unsupported pitched roof applications in commercial and residential buildings.