Roof Painter - Roof Restoration

With your house sitting down under a really hot sun, your roof can become extremely hot – in fact too hot to stand on. Most of this heat cannot escape into the atmosphere until the sun goes down, so that during daylight hours, particularly in the middle of the day, it will penetrate into your home and make living conditions very uncomfortable.

The only way to keep cool is to switch up the air conditioning or to prevent your roof getting so hot in the first place. The way to achieve that is through insulation, and the most effective type of insulation for the exterior of a roof is a heat reflective roof paint. A good insulating paint can reduce your roof temperature by up to 40 degrees: just think of what that would mean in terms of a reduction in the amount of heat conducting and radiating into your roof space, and then to the rest of the house.

In fact, in measurable terms, that temperature reduction is just over 20 degrees. Imaging a 20 degree reduction in your room temperature and what that can mean in terms of hard cash spent on air conditioning costs! A whole 20 degrees is a lot of heat to remove using an air conditioning unit, when all you need is a coat of paint to achieve the same result. Roof painters that stress the savings are, in this case, totally correct because heat reflective paints can save you a lot of money.

However, keeping you cool is not the only benefit offer by heat reflective roof paints. There is also the benefit of extra waterproofing just in case the hot sun changes to a storm. Your roof is not only insulated and reflective, but also protected from the weather. The insulation and reflection help to keep heat in during the winter and heat out during the summer months and so save you money all year round. In fact some people can save up to 50% on their air conditioning costs.

A hidden benefit is a reduction in the thermal shock cause by continual expansion and contraction of your roofing materials that reduces the lifetime, not only of your roof coating, but also of the entire roof itself. Not only that, but they can also be used to restore your roof. If your roof is cracked or damage, these paints will repair and restore it, and they are generally available in a wide colour range. If you want to restore and insulate your roof, heat reflective paints are definitely the least expensive option, but by no means a lower quality one.

Then there is the environment. Because your home is made more energy efficient, you will be using less electricity to stay cool in the summer and less heating to keep warm in the winter. This gives your home running costs an economical carbon footprint due to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. This has been proved by means of tests carried out by universities, and whether you do it yourself or employ roof painters, you will not only be saving money but also saving the planet.

All of these advantages seem almost too good to be true, and you likely think that the cost is going to be prohibitive, yet that is not the case. In fact reflective paints are available at very similar prices to normal roof paints, and you don’t need any special skills or equipment to apply them: you can do it yourself or hire a regular roof painter.

When purchasing such paints, you should take the time to check out the specification of the roof paint, since each manufacturer uses their own method of making them reflect heat and cool the roof surface. A good paint can last a long time, and it is not unknown for heat reflective paints to be effective for up to 30 years.

The reflective value of each colour can be different, and is expressed in terms of TSR (Total Solar Reflection). The higher the TSR figure, the cooler your home will be and the more money you will save. Heat reflective roof paint has the unusual property of saving you money in both heating and cooling your home, and it is important to select the correct paint for the job. If you want to stay cool and insulate your home, then heat reflective roof paints is the ideal roof covering for you.

Roof Restoration, Heat Reflective Coatings

Roof restoration might not immediately appear to have a direct connection with comfort and your carbon footprint, but whether you are restoring the roof of a 1,000 square foot home or a 1,000 square metre office building, the connection exists. Even if you are not interested, you are sure to have an interest in your comfort and what it costs you to keep cool!

It's sometimes difficult to keep your cool, and even the most self-respecting Aussie can get hot under the collar with all that summer sun beating down on your roof all day and the poms up on the first day. You might think that there's no answer to it, but it's amazing what a good heat reflective coating on your roof can do.

Do you realize that a good roof restoration coating can reduce the heat of your roof by as much as 40 degrees, and even the temperature inside your home by over 20 degrees? It's easier to understand if we have a closer look at how the sun can heat up your house so much. It all starts with the radiant heat from the sun acting on your walls and roof.

As these absorb the sun's radiant heat, that heat conducts through into the whole structure of your house or office. The end result is a significant increase, not only in the internal temperature of the building, but also of the external temperature of the roof, bricks and mortar. Traditional roof vents can't release enough heat to make up for what is absorbed, and whirlybirds are equally ineffective.

The only effective means of reducing this massive increase in temperature, when the sun gets really hot, is to have a heat reflective coating or paint on your roof. The best of these coatings are not only heat reflective, but also insulating and protective, and can repair damaged and worn roofs. Such roof restoration heat reflective coatings not only restore your roof but also provide you financial benefits and reduce the CO2 emissions for which you are responsible.

Another reason why roof restoration could be necessary if you do not take such an action, is that the continual, expansion and contraction of a roof can cause significant damage over a short period of time, whether it is a domestic or commercial unit. Roof restoration coatings can prevent a recurrence of such damage if made from heat reflective components. In fact, it is difficult to make a case for a roof restoration coating or paint that is not heat reflective.

It pays for itself in a short period of time: after all, what is 50% of your air conditioning bill? Take that along with the reduction in heating costs in the winter and you have a significant saving that will rapidly offset the capital cost of the coating. Such roof restoration heat reflective paints have been reported to be effective in cooling down premises for almost 30 years after application!

If you adopt other uses for your roof, such as solar panels, you could lose out over a heat reflective roof restoration coating. Sure, a solar panel can generate electricity, but if you take the capital cost of the panels and compare that with the energy savings of a heat reflective paint, the paint wins hands down every time. Don't forget that in a hot climate most energy is used in keeping you cool, and in these terms a heat reflective coating with its 50% saving on your air conditioning costs also saves on CO2 emissions and is ultimately more economical in terms of both cash and the environment.

So let's compare the options. On the one hand you have a roof restoration solution that can offer comfort by maintaining comfortable temperatures in the height of summer while prevent excessive use of heating systems in winter. On the other hand, you have the traditional system that has no environmental effect but still protects your roof.

It really is a no brainer, since any roof restoration that can offer reduced expenditure for air conditioning in summer and for space heating in winter must be the preferred option. If you consider that if you use heat reflective coatings in your roof restoration then you will also reduce your carbon footprint, then the choice is quite obvious.

There are few doubts that if your roof needs refurbishment, whether it be a domestic building, an office or a factory unit, then roof restoration with a heat reflective coating is by far the best option irrespective of whether you are considering the choices from a financial or an environmental point of view.