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Why aren't white shingle or light colored roofs more common in the South and hot climates?
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:49 pm
Would that make a difference?
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Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:50 pm to loogaroo
Would look like shite being dirty
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:52 pm to loogaroo
They are doing this in one of the big cities in Italy. Common sense. Drops the temperature around the city around 5 degrees. Will also in turn save money from not needing quite as much electric.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:55 pm to loogaroo
Not shingle, but the house I lived in while in the usvi had a white roof. Made sense to me.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:56 pm to loogaroo
Louisiana refuses to stop builders from putting six houses on an acre of land. No way will they require common sense lighter color roofs.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:57 pm to Jones
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Would look like shite being dirty
Wouldn’t care if it dropped temp in home.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:57 pm to DownSouthDave
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the house I lived in while in the usvi had a white roof.
Subtle “I once lived in the Virgin Islands” brag.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:58 pm to loogaroo
Because they will just turn black with mold/mildew within a year anyway.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:03 pm to 4WHLN
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Because they will just turn black with mold/mildew within a year anyway.
You know you can wash the roof right??
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:04 pm to DownSouthDave
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the house I lived in while in the usvi had a white roof. Made sense to me.
Islands aren't known for their tall, brittle trees. The pine pollen and oaks would stain white roofs here.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:05 pm to loogaroo
houses/buildings in Flarda use lightweight concrete tiles in lighter colors. They do well and look nice, but look like shite after 5 yrs of dust, smog, mildew build up.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:06 pm to DarkDrifter
Yeah….no thanks Baw! I have enough things to clean around the house, I don’t need a big ars roof to be one of them.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:08 pm to loogaroo
The home I grew up in the early 70’s had been built by a doctor in our town. It had a white roof that was some kind of a hard grout or something. It came in 5 gallon buckets and you spread it over the roof and it would dry hard. It was pure white. It seemed pretty durable because I would get on the roof pretty regularly to get stuff off of it or just for the shite of it. We did have to wash it yearly with bleach if I remember correctly.
It was chalky and you could break it though.
It was chalky and you could break it though.
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:08 pm to DarkDrifter
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You know you can wash the roof right??
How do you propose one should wash shingles without damaging them or shortening the life of the roof?
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:08 pm to NoBoDawg
should cover the roof in mirror like reflective coating. that should help.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:09 pm to loogaroo
Galvanized sheet metal roofs in light colors should be more popular.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:10 pm to Tvilletiger
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Common sense.
Does not exist in the South.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:14 pm to MorbidTheClown
Neat, didn’t know there was such a thing available.
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