For Indoor Comfort, Start at the Top

An Orange County Roofer can help make your home more comfortable. How? Let's start with some info about your roof.  Now, you may not realize this, but your rooftop could be contributing to warmer temperatures inside your home. That’s because in most cases, the top of your house is absorbing sunlight, which subsequently penetrates your home in the form of radiant heat -- and tips the temperatures upward. The darker the roofing surface, of course, the greater the heat absorption.

Are there ways to remedy this situation? Absolutely. A qualified roofing professional can offer homeowners a variety of roof-cooling options. Any of these cool roof choices can help reduce heat absorption and consequently lower room temperatures. In the process, they’ll also help reduce those agonizing air conditioning bills – always welcome by cost-conscious owners.  

How do cool roofs do their job? Basically, they reflect sunlight away from the home, sending those solar rays streaming in the other direction. With less sun heat hitting the rooftop, absorption levels automatically drop. Your home’s interior, therefore, is spared a beastly inflow of heat. The result? Greater comfort with less reliance on dollar-hungry air conditioning units.  

Is your home suitable for a cool roof? Probably. Virtually any kind of roof can be cooled by the various options offered by an Orange County Roofing Company. One of these options is a material called modified bitumen. In a nutshell, this is a special membrane fitted tightly over the roof deck. To increase the material’s reflective capacity, it is often painted white. Modified bitumen is highly effective, making it one of the most popular among the available roof cooling choices.

Do you have a low sloped roof? A simple reflective coating might be the roof cooling solution for you. These coatings can be made of either concrete particles or polymers, the latter forming a waterproof layer. Naturally, your chosen Orange County Roofer will help you select the option most suitable to your home and circumstances. No matter which one you choose, adding it to your rooftop is a relatively routine job. A roofing professional can spray, roll, or brush a coating onto the roofing surface, covering it with a bright, sun-reflecting layer.

Steep slope roofs are a whole other matter. For these, the recommended cooling solution is a layer of cool asphalt shingles. This type of shingle gets its cooling power from coated reflective granules mixed into the asphalt. There’s good news for the aesthetic-minded homeowner considering this solution. Coated granules can be colored to match the existing coloration of your roof. Bear in mind, cool shingles aren’t as effective as the solutions available for low slope roofing. Nevertheless, they will make a significant difference for homes with high angle rooftops.   

Steep roofs also benefit from the cooling properties of a metal roof. As you already know, a shiny metallic surface is a great reflector of sunlight. Because of this built-in characteristic, no additional features or materials are required. An Orange County Roofing Company can install a metal roof as-is.   

Eager to learn more about these great money saving cool roof options? Just ask a local professional for more information. For instance, if you reside in Tustin, reach out to a Tustin Roofer at your earliest convenience. You’ll soon get all the info you need … and then some.

If you have questions about getting a cool roof for your home, Luke Roofing can help. A long-established Orange County Roofer, we provide prompt, reliable expertise for every residential roofing and commercial roofing need. No matter where you live in OC, you can count on Luke Roofing for reliable roofing solutions.