Paint My Roof White

If your home s roof is white you ll want a paint job that helps show it off.

Paint my roof white.

A white roof reflects around 85 of the sunlight that hits it at least. White trim can help tie the look together if you match it carefully with the roof tone but be wary of using white cream or similar colors on the body of your home as they are likely to clash. By reflecting more light and heat back to the atmosphere a white roof should act like. But there are problems with this approach mainly finding a paint that will adhere to the asphalt shingles and last for more than a few years.

Steven chu the u s. Look at a wendy s. The glare in your home will be unbearable. The thing that no one discusses is how to paint your roof.

So the glare may affect your neighbors house. Speaking in london prior to a meeting of some of the world s best minds on how to combat climate change dr chu said the simple act of painting roofs white could have a dramatic impact on the. If you have a roof in front of a window do not paint your roof white. Video of the day volume 0.

The white roof will reflect the sun light like a mirror. The easiest way to reflect the sun s rays is to paint a roof white something the greeks have been doing for centuries. Secretary of energy and a nobel prize winning scientist has said that painting roofs white or another light color would help to reduce global warming by reflecting sunlight back into space it would be like removing every vehicle from the planet for 11 years. You will probably see a glow above the roof.

Painting roofs white has been like changing lightbulbs one of the well cited easy ways out of climate change.