This is just my own opinion. I used to think that the color of the roof would significantly reduce the heat inside of house but a lot of roofer told me that 10 degrees difference on the surface of the roof wouldn't be much different in temperature for the space between the roof and the ceiling. As long as you installed heat insulation correctly (I just used the cheap aluminium insulation sheet), the temperature underneath the roof would significantly be lower than without the insulation. So if you already installed the insulation, the temperature difference due to the color of the is negligible which for me is true. We used to turn on AC almost everyday but after installing the insulation, we only turn it on a few days a month which save a lot on electricity bill.

@michaeljohnjugar703

2 ай бұрын

@lylelaney8270 you may be correct but the heat rejecting paint is not all about sunlight reflectance, but IR reflectance as well. I painted our roof with Boysen Cool Shades (Reflecting White), and the difference is massive even for a single coat. Mind you, our ceiling to roof is only 2 feet. Before painting, our AC struggles and the ceiling gives us headaches even with AC on. At 9-10AM, you will be woken up by hot ceiling even with AC on. But with the paint, even 12NN or 1PM is very mild and AC is set to very low. And this is without foam insulation. Between foam insulation and an IR reflective paint, I would choose the paint. It is cheaper and easier to apply. Foam insulation is expensive and laborious to install. But well, it gives better heat rejection but at a price.

@lylelaney8270

2 ай бұрын

@@michaeljohnjugar703 Boysen Cool shades and a few others paint brands do provide heat resistant but it's not necessarily due to the color but the formulation of the paint though, at least that from what I gather. I agree with on foam insulation. It's expensive and troublesome to apply and to dispose.

@dgreater1

22 күн бұрын

Well, I would consider painting the roof and install insulation foam. That might be costly but two working together will definitely make the room far even cooler that even just using standard fans directed at your window as if a makeshift ventilation to replace the warm air inside the room would be enough if you really want to save energy to the point of not using Air Conditioner.

@lylelaney8270

22 күн бұрын

@@dgreater1 If you install the foam insulation, the effect of the temperature difference between the painted and unpainted roofs is negligible. If you could afford foam insulation, you could definitely afford the cost of running the air conditioning. Also, I don't think it's necessary for the tropical equator zone. Just some cheap heat insulation would suffice, in my opinion. We don't turn on the AC all the time; it's not because we desperately need to save. It's just unnecessary. On a regular day, opening up the windows with a low-to-medium setting on the fan is enough. However, our house is surrounded by trees and vegetation which might be different from other people's.

@dgreater1

22 күн бұрын

​@@lylelaney8270 The point of painting the roof is so that it doesn't absorb heat that would be dispersed to the whole area. It's like in a car, even if you have insulation foam inside, if the car absorbs too much heat from the direct sunlight because of its color, it would penetrate inside and make it like a huge oven. It's the same with houses, the best way to prevent such thing is prevent the body from absorbing too much heat from the sun and there are different methods for that, one is painting. Also, being surrounded by trees and vegetation definitely can help a lot with shading which prevents heat from accumulating that much. Also, another method that could be used instead of painting the roof is put UV shade nets and totally block the sun from heating the roof. If it's concrete type roofing then that's a different thing.

I totally enjoyed your very detailed report about white colored roof paint. There's actually a Boysen paint called Cool Roof that have reflective particles in the paint itself. I wonder if that product will result in a lower temp readings compared to your unofficial experiment? I'm also surprised that no one in the Philippines have thought about venting the roof ridge itself. Also, are pipe boot flashing available in the Philippines? Boots in conjunction with proper sealants are better protection against water intrusion. I also think that cool roof paints in conjunction with proper attic venting and proper insulation will result in even more comfortable temps inside the house.

White does work. I live in the south end of the San Joaquin Valley in California and the temperature is 10 degrees cooler in the house after installing a white metal roof over my composition roof.

Given your findings on the cooler zinc coated metal roof, I had an idea to paint my roof aluminium silver instead as it just proves that the more reflective the roof becomes the cooler it is. Thank you for your very well made and informative experiment.

Very good explanation for an interesting topic. I just have one critique. You should have used a contact temperature sensor like a thermocouple or RTD instead of an infrared thermometer. Infrared thermometers are convenient and easy to use but suffer from a serious (in my opinion) flaw They rely heavily on the emissitivity of the object. In simple terms, objects with high reflectivity (like your GI test sheet) will show lower than real temperatures. Also, generally speaking, dark colored objects will show a higher temperature than lighter colored ones even if they are at the same temperatures. The infrared thermometer you are using is optimized for human skin, not metal surfaces or even painted metals. However, even with this issue, I think your results are valid enough to convince me to go ahead with my plan to paint my roof white. Thank you very much.

Just what I needed. Thank you so much for the detailed breakdown. You completely covered all topics down to the price & conversion. Much appreciated. Subscribed and sharing with others as this is very useful. God bless.

@HanDIYman007

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Nice work, great infrared measuring

@HanDIYman007

17 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Very Informative. Thanks you so much sir and God bless always 👍

@HanDIYman007

Ай бұрын

Thank you too

Very good scientific break-down of things I’ve often wondered about! Thank you for sharing!!!!

@HanDIYman007

20 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

everyone should do that, especially in tropical countries with much AC use

Wow great video!!! I always though of paiting white, it's just that it's so uncual to see white roofs lol love it! I'll change mine soon too!

@HanDIYman007

8 ай бұрын

go for it!

Thank you for the info.

@HanDIYman007

7 ай бұрын

Any time!

Great work... thanks from India

great experiment

@HanDIYman007

Ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

Very informative video!

is it the same as the ceramic thermal coating for roofs?

thank you i learned a lot

@HanDIYman007

10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Thank so much for this excellent video. It helps me to make decisions for our roof. I hope your roof continues to perform well. Great Job!

@HanDIYman007

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Does clear coat helps in maintaining the reflective property and anti corrosion of un-coated roof

Which type of paint is recomended fo a tile roof in Thailand

Nice

Excellent video; thorough & scientific! 👍🏻 Unfortunately here in France there are regulations on what colour your roof is! , ( The roofs in same community must conform to local rules on roofing materials & colour..🙄). Most roofs here are ceramic tiles. New buildings must conform to latest standards for insulation, so things are gradually improving.. Because of our l'attitude difference between summer & winter is more extreme - so good insulation is important to protect against too much heat entry in summer and too much heat loss in winter..

Informative video! Adding to white roof paint, what would happen if you install several turbine ventilators on the roof? Will the ambient temperatures inside the house decrease further?

Which is better sir silver or white?

@drsm7947

Ай бұрын

White

I recently saw something called Thermal Powder that would be mixed in with the roof guard paint. How is acrylic paint different with the thermal powder mixed paint?

Sayang, di mo na try ang Boysen Cool Shades. Acrylic pero may infrared reflecting pigments. Mas malamig kesa sa white paint lang. Pero pwede na rin ang white paint.

Paano po pag kulay red ung kulay ng bubong. Nabasa ko sa net na pwede din daw ang red at nag rereflect ng heat? Need help kasi sobrang init ng panahon ngayon.

how about painting the roof with metallic chrome painting. would this be cooler since its highly reflective?

@DorianGray-pi4ov

6 күн бұрын

No, white is the best. NASA did a study, white reflects the most heat.

Could you have sprayed the coating on?

I do not doubt that the white coated roof would be cooler the methodology displayed here is not going to yield accurate results. a few issues: 1. The infrared, non-contact, temperature measurement using two different surfaces without taking their respective emissivities into account, which are likely to be different, possibly significantly so (especially the uncoated metal, which will have a very low emissivity), could result in significant temperature reading errors. 2. Measuring the temperature at different times and different sun angles, and on sections of roofs facing different directions, and at different ambient temperatures, will definitely yield different temperatures. 3. Putting a thermometer in the sun will not yield anything like an accurate air temperature. Depending on the emissivity of the thermometer body, the temperature reading could be even tens of degrees off of the actual temperature. The outside temperature reading presented in the video was likely 10 or more degrees hotter than the actual outside air temperature.

Should be painting it blue ... remember Maui?

@HeirOfNothingInParticular

2 ай бұрын

????

Why is the green roof 50.8 and almost on the same side, a bit higher at 51?

Aluminum silver is great, second is white, plus air vent on roof to cool your entire house, 🏡

Spray your hose on the roof at the hottest part of the day. My roof drops 60 degrees when I wet it mid day in summer. Have fam who swear it can assist or replace using AC. Do t need a lot, just wet it. Becomes some type heat sink, as far as I can understand

Have you tried silver colored acrylic paint.

@drsm7947

Ай бұрын

White paint is much better at reflect the heat of sun than silver

So why do builders paint roofs green or red in the first place? Must be cheaper?

@HanDIYman007

10 ай бұрын

Yes, because greens and reds are much cheaper, about P400 per 5 gallons last i checked.

I feel so bad for those fellows working on that broiling roof.

eto na ata pinakamagaling na video na napanuod ko. very informative.

@HanDIYman007

2 ай бұрын

Salamat po

You should have replaced all the nails with scews to eliminate them from loosening.

Funny in the Philippines where its hot, Filipinos always go on dark colors instead of choosing colors that match the climate like how arabs built their houses...

@madamadadane3248

Ай бұрын

Yeah ph houses are heavy inspired by cold climate houses rather than tropical houses.

@rizkyadiyanto7922

15 күн бұрын

brighter colors can become dirty because of the weather (mud splash,mold). same case here in indonesia.

Dark colors absorb heat, lighter ones reflect heat.

$162.00 to pay TWO Contractors for 4 Days?? That's only $20.00 per day per contractor or $2.50 per hour ?? Is this enough to live on where you live?? 🤔

@rustypumphrey9166

5 күн бұрын

I built a house in the Philippines that's actually good money for this roof job the average pay there is $1 an hour

A change of 10 degrees Celsius corresponds to a chhange of 18 degrees Fahrenheit, not 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

@HanDIYman007

11 ай бұрын

Whoa! You sure? I was using a temperature converter the whole time, because I've been used to using Celsius and I wanted to make sure I didn't mess up the conversion. I double-checked -- still shows that 10C = 50F (0C = 32F; 1C = 33.8F; 5C = 41F, etc.). Did I mess up?

@MicoLoretan

11 ай бұрын

@@HanDIYman007 "Whoa You sure? ... Did I mess up?" In a word: Yes. The banner says "10 degrees Celsius cooler". That's a statement about a change in temperrature, not about the tempererture level itself. A drop in temperature from, say, 35 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius, corresponds to a change from 95 degrees Fahrenheit to 77 degrees Fahrenheit, and hence to drop in temperature of "just" 18 degrees Fahrenheit -- not 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

@tsunasawada502

11 ай бұрын

The conversion is F =1.8 * C + 32 But if you are going to measure the delta (change) in both sides you need to use differential on both sides Thus, delta F = 1.8 delta C So a change of 10 deg C -> change of 18 deg F

@HanDIYman007

11 ай бұрын

The complete formula to convert C to F is "F=(1.8*C)+32". To say that 10C is just 18F is incomplete because you still need to add 32. Therefore 18+32=50.

@tsunasawada502

11 ай бұрын

@HanDIYman007 you are wrong. The conversion you mention is for the actual reading, and not the change in reading For example 10 deg C -> 20 deg C (change of 10 deg C), The F counterpart is 50 deg F -> 68 deg F (change of 18 deg F)

White roof: colder in Winter.

@eyesalooking

3 ай бұрын

That would be a good thing in the Philippines.

@rizkyadiyanto7922

15 күн бұрын

what is winter?

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I think u used the wrong type of paint..why use Roof Guard if ur principal goal was to reduce the heat on ur roof.. u should've use the heat reflecting paint instead...though u proved something about white being the primal color to reduce heat