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It's crunch time and we need to decide if we are going to stay with night sky ( black ) or monument below I've tried to show what each one would look like

This one is night sky and below is one similar to monument ( more grey so you get the idea )


And out mortar will be white

Everyone's opinions would be greatly appreciated
Unless you're in a very cold climate, generally the heat gain from a roof costs you more in summer than it benefits in winter, so in that case Monument with a solar absorptance of 73% wins out over Night Sky at 96%.
Purely on looks I would say Monument!
Thanks guys more for looks then anything else
Like the monument too. Not a big fan of night sky
If you went night sky, I think you'd have to consider black window frames.
On looks only with that colour brick I'd go the lighter, monument roof. But if you go the darker roof than I agree with one John to match the window frames.
I should mention our window frames, fascia and garage are all monument and Gutters are night sky - I think if we change to monument we will have gutters as monument and fascia as night sky
oneJohn
Unless you're in a very cold climate, generally the heat gain from a roof costs you more in summer than it benefits in winter, so in that case Monument with a solar absorptance of 73% wins out over Night Sky at 96%.


Yes.. Reason why we went for surfmist. I'd go monument for the same reason if it's between those two.


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