Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 18, 2010 5:10 pm was not sure what colorbond roof to go for I was thinking black, does it fade? Or am I better going for terrecotta, please would love your feedback Re: black colorbond roof or terracotta 2Feb 18, 2010 9:14 pm Not sure about whether it'll fade or not, to be honest I never really took a lot of notice of houses and their colour selections until we started building our own house But since then I have noticed that A LOT of people (at least in our area) have dark coloured roofs. I would have thought that a darker coloured roof would make for a much hotter house? We picked white for ours... hoping it makes a difference to the overall temperature. Re: black colorbond roof or terracotta 3Feb 18, 2010 9:27 pm The lighter coloured roof will make a difference in the internal temperature. Having said that, colorbond has a reflective coating that should have a pretty similar effect on heat reflection across the range of colours. None will perform quite as good as the surfmist, but not insanely far off it. The bigger problem then is the greater effect that your house has on ambient temperature in your neighbourhood. Many dark rooftops in an area can work to create a heatsink, raising the temperature for an entire neighbourhood. While one house won't make a whole lot of difference, it is nice to know that you're doing the right thing and that if other new homes popping up follow suit they will be contributing to the solution. We've actually noticed a few older homes in this area having their old, black tiled rooftops painted white (or close to). It's really nice to see =) Not everybody's cup of tea, most people seem to prefer form over function. I've heard of new suburbs around that ban all dark roofing, and that is really awesome. More should be doing it! Hi everyone I have a terracotta tiles roof When I climb inside the roof cavity I can feel that there is a draft inside the roof as the wind goes through the roof which is… 0 4347 We're looking at replacing the roof of a heritage listed home so it needs to be terracotta tiles, wondering if anyone has any recommendations, hints or… 0 1371 Your house roof does not show rusting other than some surface rust on the flashings. In my opinion you dont need to replace or paint the roof other than treat surface rust… 1 10206 |