Stop Letting Electric Bills Send You Through the Roof
Did you know that your roof has a substantial bearing on your electric cost? The use of electric efficient roofing materials can save you a substantial amount of cash. The advances in roofing materials is not often a topic of conversation. This is an area homeowners often overlook when shopping for a house or repairing a roof.
Estimations of savings are based on your climate. The widespread consensus of studies carried out vary from a 20% to 40% savings on electric cost. Can you imagine saving 40% on your electric cost? The changes required can be very simple and often pay for themselves within a few years.
There are many variants that can affect the amount of savings you will achieve by implementing different colors and materials on your roof.
Remember the feeling last time you were outdoors on a warm sunny day wearing a black or dark blue wool shirt. Remember how warm the cloth was against your body? Try to imagine movies of people who live in very hot climates. Do you see light colors?
It may seem profound to understand that part of the solution to a growing electric problem and high electric bills may be as simple as wearing a light colored cotton shirt and not a black wool shirt. The principle of implementing color and material to help in governing how our climate affects us is nothing new. This age old wisdom is now enhanced with new materials.
The use of reflective coatings on roofing materials such as metal, asphalt shingles, and even ceramic tiles is now obtainable to help advance the cooling efficiency of most roofs. The use of white titanium dioxide paint is also very effective. This can be painted on the current roof and not only cuts the expense of cooling by reflecting the suns heat. The paint also may prolong the life of the roof up to 15 years based on its ability to counterbalance UV rays.
The use of reflective paints and materials is not the only way to cut your electric bills. The use of vents may also help you save cash. Outdoor roof vents may be wind powered, solar powered or a static vent that works on thermodynamics. These are low cost solutions that help to aid in displacing the hot air in attics.
The best way to take advantage of this new technology and start saving money is to contact a local roofing company or roofing contractor that is familiar with your climate.
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By Windstar on Jun 19, 2010
How about a Roofing/Building Material wholesale company? Outside sales position? His experience would really be beneficial to his customers. Or a technical support or trainer for a roofing manufacturer try the Metal & Asphalt Shingle manufacturers, if he was in the business he hopefully should have some contacts to reach out to. My best advice would be to network within the industry, and to be patient. Something should come along; but not without his local "industry" knowing he is out there and looking for an opportunity.
By ttgl10 on Jun 19, 2010
In the world of remodeling, home improvement, or residential construction contracting; "great" and "cheap" do not usually go together.
A legitimate business needs to make a profit to stay in business. In order to stay in business over the long haul, the business must pay taxes, carry liability and worker's compensation insurance, and pay other normal operating expenses. This usually means that their prices are somewhat higher than the guy who works out of the back of his truck for cash.
Unfortunately, many homeowners make their buying decisions based on the cheapest price. They are often burned when an uninsured workman is hurt on their job and the only way to recover damages is to sue the homeowner. They are also frustrated when they can't find the contractor a year or two later for a warranty claim. In some cased, they are forced to pay for materials twice when a supplier files a lein against the homeowner's property because the "contractor" failed to pay for the material.
Contractor complaints like these will be among the top three types of complaints received by your state's Attorney General's Office (usually the division of Consumer Affairs). The only way you can assure that these problems do not befall you is to deal with reputable contractors.
My advice is to decide what brand and color shingles you want on your house before you contact roffing contractors for a price. This ensures that each is bidding based on the same criteria. At a minimum, I recommend screening contractors using the following criteria:
1) Make sure the contractor has been in business for at least ten years. This demonstrates in a very real way that the contractor is on the up and up.
2) Ask for, and check out references in your area. Previous customers will usually be very glad to tell you their experience with a contractor.
3) Insist that a contractor furnishes you with a Certificate of Insurance proving that they are covered by general liability and Worker's Compensation Insurance. The Certificate must be mailed to you by the contractor's insurance carrier because it is just too easy for a clever contractor to phoney up a copy.
4) Make sure that any warranty on workmanship is in writing. They will usually provide a separate manufacturer's warranty on materials.
5) Make sure that all of the details of the job are spelled out in writing in the contract.
6) Do not give a contractor more than a 10% downpayment when you sign the contract. Contractors who ask for more money "so they can buy materials" should send up an alarm that you shouldn't ignore. You can bet that a contractor who demands a large downpayment has no working capital and will soon be out of business. Do not pay the contractor the balance owed until the entire job is done to your satisfaction. Once they are paid in full, you lose all leverage in getting them back to finish up the job.
Keep in mind that this is a highly competitive business and a contractor who charges very high prices will not be in business very long. The prices from legitimate contractors will usually be very close if they are all bidding on exactly the same work.
I hope this information helps you make your decision.
Good luck with your roofing project.
By cbmtrx on Jun 20, 2010
i would not hire this contractor, could end up costing you more money in the long run
By adam0149 on Jun 20, 2010
Yes. Go to http://www.cslb.ca.gov/
By PrachiDesai36 on Jun 20, 2010
I found that asking my neighbors and friends who had roofing done to be the most reliable way!
Make sure they are insured. Small, one or two man companies often have the lowest prices but also are risky. Some of those might be excellent, but many don't know what they're doing because they do lots of things not just roofing, and they don't have as much equipment.
My next door neighbor liked his company, but he recommended not paying the entire amount up front. You can often get a deal by doing so, but he said you don't know for sure what you're getting until you've had a good rain. Even good companies occassionally need to fix their work. There was one spot they needed to fix and because he paid everything up front, the company was not in a hurry to come and fix that part.
I have also found that i can get great advice on which people to use for anything – roofing, plumbing, electrical, etc. – that the people at my local hardware store know who's really good and who isn't because they hear it all from their customers. But then, i'm in a small town and it's an independent hardware store. The people at the church also knew who was good and who wasn't because they had four buildings and had used lots of local contractors until they found ones that were great and they'd go back to them again and again, so you might try asking your church secretary for a recommendation, too.
By Edita S. on Jun 21, 2010
Is this a trick question?
Or is it that you are just really bad at math?
By Chugga on Jun 21, 2010
By Independent_guy on Jun 22, 2010
I would say it seems high, but then I think everything is high and do it myself. In Ontario, a properly aligned roof would get a lot more sun on the south side and probably a lot more wind and cold on the north side and so it might be reasonable to only replace half. I am assuming that by half you mean one side from the peak down, not the lower half or upper half all the way around. Get some other bids and see. I would expect that half a roof would cost somewhat more than half the cost of the whole roof – no matter how much you take down and put up, you still have to bring trucks and equipment out and get set up and haul away.