New roof, membrane

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Having my slate roof replaced and it's not as painless as I was led to believe. A number of things seem to have been overlooked or botched, the main consequence being it raining into my loft and then into my daughter's bedroom yesterday. That's another story...my query for now is about the effects of a lot of rain falling onto the exposed membrane below. It's now 4 days that my roof has been without tiles, during which time a fair amount of rain has fallen, often heavily.

I understand that the membrane is there to carry water away, but is this true for heavy, persistent rain too? Will its performance/lifespan have been affected by being exposed for so much longer than it should have been?
 
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Membranes are designed for such eventualities. If it were the only protection for say a month or so then one could rightly start to feel concerned for the membrane and the protection it provides both currently and in the future but for just a few days no worries.
 
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Perhaps to reassure you further:
These pictures show how, a couple of years ago, I left my roof in France the week before Xmas. It was the following May before I returned to complete it, and it was June before I started the slating.
Everything was fine, no leaks, etc.
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What a lovely house, Herring. I'm dead jealous. Where in France is it?
 
Some manufacturers quote something like 3 months exposed - due to UV mainly

Others don't and the membrane can be exposed for a long time
 

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