Talking About Green

Anyone who has been in a home without proper air conditioning in the summer knows it is absolutely unbearable. Even when a house has working air conditioning, it is usually at the expense of a very large bill. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to cut down your power bill during a scorching summer while still keeping your house at a comfortable temperature.

There’s a medley of tips to take, but one main way to start fighting the heat is to start where it first makes contact: your roof. Your roof absorbs a tremendous amount of heat during the summer. Provided you don’t have solar panels on your roof, this heat does absolutely nothing but heat up your house to astronomical temperatures that your air conditioning system must fight to cool down.
There are a number of ways to make your roof the best roof to have during a hot summer. Your roof can be modified in a number of ways to drive down your power bill and cool down your house. There are three factors that can affect the way your roof holds up summer heat, including:

• shingles color
• shingles material
• proper roof insulation

The first option in trying to cool down your roof is to change the color of your shingles. Most houses have roofs made of the usual black asphalt shingles. These shingles can absorb extremely large amounts of heat from the summer sun, and can cause temperatures within the home to soar well beyond comfortable levels. The easiest way to counteract this is to change the color of your shingles with a coating of EnergyStar rated paint that will raise each shingle’s albedo, or reflective properties.
The second option for cooling your roof in the summer is changing the material that your shingles are made of. Although highly reflective paint is an option, it can degrade over time and cause the asphalt underneath to start heating up again. Replace asphalt or metal roof shingles with materials such as photovoltaic panels or roof panels that are EnergyStar certified. A new roof installation is one way to make sure your home is protected from the heat for a long-term period.
Finally, if the first two options aren’t put to use, you can always make sure your home is properly insulated. The average three inches of installation used on residential roofs can break down over time and need to be replaced or added onto after a while. A house that isn’t insulated against external heat or cold is very susceptible to outside temperatures. With this in mind, you should make sure your roof is properly insulated against the elements.
Staying cool in the summer is not easy, but with these tips you can easily tweak your roof to save you money on cooling your home. These simple modifications can cool your home down and save your central heating and cooling system from having to strain itself in extreme temperatures. Try using some of these tips to get the best roof possible for hot summers.

Alpine Roofing Construction specialize in durable, energy efficient roofing in Oklahoma City, Texas, and Louisiana.

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