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RoofTopGuard II: Technical Data/Testing

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TEST

CRITERIA

RESULTS

  PA104
  Dimensional Stability

  Tested at 180°F for six hours

  No tears, cracks shrink­ing
  or wrinkling

  ASTMD1938
  Tear Resistance 

  General requirement is
  3.5 pounds

  Average result of 16.14
  in one direction and 13.18
  the other

  ASTMD2523
  Breaking strength (new) 

  General requirement is
  20 pounds

  Average result of 96.79
  in one  direction and 86.82
  the other

  ASTMD2523
  Breaking strength
  (after UV exposure) 

  General requirement is 85%
  of new

  Average result of 88%
  in one direction and 85%
  the other

  ASTMD2523
  Breaking strength
  (after heat aging) 

  General requirement is 85%
  of new

  Average result of 98%
  in one  direction and 91%
  the other

  ASTMD2523
  Elongation (new) 

  General requirement is
  minimum 25%

  Average result of 29%
  in one direction and 27%
  the other

  ASTMD2523
  Elongation
  (after UV exposure) 

  General requirement is 85%
  of new

  Average result of 86%
  in one direction and 87%
  the other

  ASTMD2523
  Elongation
  (after heat aging) 

  General requirement is 85%
  of new

  Average result of 87%
  in one direction and 91%
  the other

  ASTMD570
  Water absorption 

  General requirement
  is maximum 3%

  Average result of 2.4%

  ASTMD1970
  Cold flexibility (new) 

  Tested at 5° Fahrenheit

  No cracking

  ASTMD1970
  Cold flexibility (aged) 

  Tested at 5° Fahrenheit

  No cracking

  ICBOEMAC48
  Ultraviolet resistance

  200 hours at135 to 140°F

  No peeling, chipping,
  cracking, flaking, pitting
  or other damage

  PA104
  Accelerated aging

  25 days of weather cycle

  No visible damage;
  passes breaking strength
  and elongation tests

  ICBOEMAC48
  Cyclic elongation

  100 elongation attempts
  after storing product at
  -20°F for 7 days

  No cracking

  IASTME96
  Water vapor transmis­sion

  Should not exceed 1.0 gram
  per square meter in 24 hours

  Average 0.38 grams per
  square meter in 24 hours

  PA104
  Puncture resistance

  Five 1-lb puncture point
  drops each to new and
  aged product

  No puncture

  PA104
  Slippage resistance

  Stacks of concrete and
  clay tiles

  No tears, slippage, or pulling
  away from fasteners

  ASTMD4518
  Static friction

  Control was 30-lb felt with
  a friction factor of 0.59 wet
  and 0.72 dry

  Performs similarly with a
  Friction Factor
  of 0.49 wet and 0.82 dry

  ASTME331
  Water penetration

 

  No leakage found around 
  fasteners when secured
  per instructions

  ASTME108
  ICBOAC207
  Class “A” fire rating

  UL 790 Burning brand test
  Intermittent flame test

  Passed 4 Class “A”
 

Passed 2

Class “A”

 

"RoofTopGuard II has been around for a long time. I think it's a great idea and a great product. For me, it's an easy decision to use it over traditional felt, especially in Oklahoma where we have severe weather, heavy winds and hail.

Traditional felt is just too labor intensive. Felt wrinkles up in windy, moist weather and in hot weather it's slippery and tears when you walk on it. If the roof underlayment isn't completely flat, especially on the overlapping seams, a standing seam metal roof will show every wrinkle of the felt.

With RoofTopGuard II, RoofTopGuard II lays flat, covers quickly with the 5' wide rolls, and you can actually walk on it not only when it's dry, but wet also. It's an easy decision to use RoofTopGuard II."