Folks, I am about to put a new roof on my house, a type of
coated metal called MasterRib:
http://www.unioncorrugating.com/300_500_chart.html
I can't decide on color and seek your advice. I have it narrowed down to
the "Terracotta Red" and the "Unpainted Galvalume (aka. "mill finish").
If it were purely aesthetics, I think I'd go red. My house is wood
siding (with a clear finish) and my trim is blue. I saw a house
with the red roof and blue trim and it looked pretty nice, so I'm
not worried about the colors clashing or being locked in to a certain
trim color (this roof should supposedly last the rest of my life, easily).
But the unpainted is over twice as reflective (68% total solar reflectance
versus 32%). However, both qualify for the energy tax credit, and
my house is pretty well-shaded in the summertime, so I don't know
if it's that big a deal. And possibly the unpainted would look nicer;
it can be pretty gloomy in the woods here in summer, and the bright
"tin" look seems like it brightens things up a bit in some other houses
I've seen.
Also, the job will be about $500 (5% of total) less with unpainted.
Thoughts ?
coated metal called MasterRib:
http://www.unioncorrugating.com/300_500_chart.html
I can't decide on color and seek your advice. I have it narrowed down to
the "Terracotta Red" and the "Unpainted Galvalume (aka. "mill finish").
If it were purely aesthetics, I think I'd go red. My house is wood
siding (with a clear finish) and my trim is blue. I saw a house
with the red roof and blue trim and it looked pretty nice, so I'm
not worried about the colors clashing or being locked in to a certain
trim color (this roof should supposedly last the rest of my life, easily).
But the unpainted is over twice as reflective (68% total solar reflectance
versus 32%). However, both qualify for the energy tax credit, and
my house is pretty well-shaded in the summertime, so I don't know
if it's that big a deal. And possibly the unpainted would look nicer;
it can be pretty gloomy in the woods here in summer, and the bright
"tin" look seems like it brightens things up a bit in some other houses
I've seen.
Also, the job will be about $500 (5% of total) less with unpainted.
Thoughts ?