2016 has come and summer time in the Philippines is the best time to do roof maintenance work. The favorable heat of summer is ideal for home owners wanting to repair and repaint their roofs. The heat easily dries the paint allowing for multiple coats of paint jobs in a day.
One trend among Philippine home owners when it comes to roof color is choosing white colored or light colored paints, choosing light colored or white paint saves energy and cools the home by reflecting more light and heat back to the atmosphere, white paint is generally cheaper and affordable,a white roof should act like a natural anti-warming device, while also reducing your energy costs by keeping your house cool.
A study conducted in Australia, found that during the peak of summer a bear metal roof space reached 43ºC compared to 26ºC with the application of roof product with special white branded paint, these revealed a significant difference of the temperature. Furthermore, the study found an increase savings of energy costs of approximately 12% as less heat was contained in the roof space due to the reflection of the sun’s rays.
Some people are now placing solar panels on their roofs, some people say that Solar panels are a better idea than white paint. A solar panel on the roof not only cools the house by absorbing the sunlight to make electricity, it also saves the homeowner electricity bills.
It would be even better to have a white roof and add solar panels. This is a true win-win situation
Need advice on Roof Maintenance work?Please give us a call SolidAce Construction & Development Corp. at Dr. V. Locsin Street Dumaguete City or call 035 422-9478,226-2880 and our team of experts can help you incorporate energy saving tech into your current and future home projects.
