The main benefits include comfort and energy costs.
Problem with new roof shingles having darker and lighter areas.
Darker colored shingles on the other hand such as charcoal will absorb much of that heat causing the temperature in your attic to rise.
The benefits of using white shingles.
During winter your home needs heating.
Interestingly enough during the evening the darker shingled roofs tend to lose heat faster than lighter shingled roofs.
If you want your shingle color to last try to pick out lighter colors.
Instead of one layer laminated or architectural shingles have two or more layers with three dimensional tabs of varying sizes.
Spots of shade weather variations and the position of your house can all cause uneven fading.
Many homes are constructed with an attic with an insulation layer on the floor of that attic.
As a result your energy bills will gradually escalate.
A dark roof raises the temperature inside your home s highest rooms.
Dark roof shingles actually raise the temperature inside your home.
However you should know a little bit about the positives and negatives associated with white shingles before jumping on them.
Dark gray shingles will fade to lighter grays more easily than shingles that start out in lighter shades.
But it should be just a sprinkling not a dense pile like in the photo above of a shingle roof at midlife with a granule loss problem.
While it is true that darker colored shingles will get warmer than lighter colored shingles on sunny days this does not necessarily translate directly to higher home cooling costs.
Shingles often fade in uniform degrees but there s no guarantee.
But excess granule loss from a newer roof is unusual.
If you think back to your elementary science class it s pretty easy to figure out why darker colors tend to absorb more light trapping heat in the roof and allowing it to flow into your attic.
In the summer this may directly translate to increased air conditioning needs because your cooling system has to work more to even out the extra heat.
51 to 124 per roofing square shingles are priced per roofing square which is equal to 100 square feet.
There are a few benefits to having a white roof.
Light colored shingles when it comes time for your roof replacement you probably think that you will just look at the color choices and decide which your favorite color for your home is.
Generally speaking white shingles are the way to go.
Roofers walking on the shingles while installing the roof can t avoid dislodging some of the rock granules.
