[Rhodes22-list] Brad's Roof...

[Bill Effros]

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I assume you are sticking with your preferred brand?

B.



R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Bill,
> All very good questions. Up north where the winters are long and snowy,  many 
> people believed that black roofs helped to melt the snow faster. They soon  
> discovered that ice would back up in the gutters (because they were colder) and 
>  destroy the roof line by creating ice and snow dams.
> Roofing materials by nature are black. Coal tar pitch and asphalt are  black. 
> Getting them to appear white requires the addition of a lot of  pigmentation 
> and is cost prohibitive.
> Today we have everything from PVC's, TPO's and a myriad of other products  
> which are now all available in white. White roofs (cool roofs) can reduce you  
> A/C load by as much as 35%. Reducing the load means your A/C units will run 
> less  and last longer. White roofs do nothing for helping to heat a building. 
> That's a  function of the building "envelope" and insulation. Cool roofing 
> systems  eliminate most of the expansion and contraction which destroy conventional  
> roofing systems. 
> As always, I am willing to share my tremendous wealth of information for a  
> small fee. Send rum.
>  
> Rummy
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