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Anyone living in Florida is well acquainted with heat. Temperatures can soar to above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that trying to keep your home cool can be an arduous, and expensive, task. However, having a metal roof can help you keep your house cooler and save money on your energy bills.
If you’ve ever gotten into a car that’s been sitting in the sun on a hot day and then tried to buckle your seatbelt, you’re familiar with how metal reacts in the heat: it gets really hot. So how can a metal roof help keep a house cooler? It seems very counterintuitive, but that’s not exactly how it works.
Although metal can get hot in the sun, it’s also very reflective. This means that instead of absorbing light and heat from the sun, it’s reflecting them away instead. The metal on your roof might be hot to the touch, but the home underneath will actually be cooler because less of the heat is making its way into your home.
Because a metal roof can reflect much of the heat from the sun away from your house, there won’t be as much heat coming into your home. This means that your AC unit won’t have to work quite so hard to keep the temperature inside your house cool. In fact, having a metal roof can reduce the amount of energy it takes for your AC unit to cool your home by up to 40%.
The harder your AC unit has to work, the more power it takes to do it. That power costs money. Plus, the harder your AC unit has to work, the sooner it may wear out or break, and replacing or repairing it can cost money. By reducing the strain on your AC unit, you can end up saving a lot of money on energy bills. The energy efficiency of a metal roof can help with this.
Certain types of metals and paint may have better reflective and energy-efficient properties than other kinds. Before you invest in a metal roof to reduce your energy bills, it’s important to research first what type will work best for your home. There are other considerations to keep in mind as well, such as durability and strength, since any roof in Florida is going to need to withstand hurricanes.
The lighter the color of the roof, the better it will reflect heat instead of absorbing it. Which material the metal roof is made out of matters less than the color. When it comes to choosing a metal roof, you can choose your color as well as your material, so be sure to choose a light color. There may also be special paints available that can reflect the sun’s rays even better than standard paint.