A dark roof absorbs more heat from the sun.
Heat absorber for roof.
Below are a few common roofing colors that can make a big difference in your heating and or cooling bills.
Cool roofs can be made of a highly reflective type of paint a sheet covering or highly reflective tiles or shingles.
In general dark colored roofing materials will absorb the heat and cause your attic and or the top of your house to be warmer than a lighter colored material.
A cool roof is one that has been designed to reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat than a standard roof.
Heat absorption as in uv or minimizing external leakage.
Others absorb the heat.
However there are a few simple solutions that will leave you worry free after your new black roofing installation.
Black and dark colored roofs.
Pvc works best for this but metal and tpo are great as well.
Layer your installation of insulation staggering 50 top layer perpendicular to roof instillation next layer parallel etc.
Some colors reflect heat.
Using sensors to measure roof temperature and moisture these systems can lower rooftop temperatures by as much as 40 to 60 degrees fahrenheit 4 4 to 15 5 degrees celsius on a hot summer day while consuming less than one pint 473 mililiters of water per square foot per day source.
Darker colors absorb more light trapping the heat in the roof and allowing it to flow into your attic and or top of your home.
If doing metal try to place an air gap under it.
Lighter colors are reflective and cause the heat from light rays to bounce off it s surface.