
In areas where Summer Heat days dominate, the greatest savings are achieved by blocking the heat before it even enters your home or attic!
Insulating Roof Coatings In tests conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, white reflective roof coatings saved up to 50% in energy costs.
In all honesty if your summers are very short and summer heat is not a big problem, our roof paint products should be your last considerations as the payback period is quite long due to your short summer cooling requirements and that is where these products perform best. ReflectaHeat should be considered as an affordable solution to re-roofing or for extending the life of your existing roof.
Radiant Barrier Coat The Department of Energy reports "in attics with R-19 insulation, radiant barriers can reduce summer ceiling heat gains by about 16 to 42 percent compared to an attic with the same insulation level and no radiant barrier."
ReflectaHeat Liquid Siding. A thick rubber like coating that forms a continuous, flexible, insulating membrane on the exterior Walls. Due to their high content of specialized resins, these coatings last 3-4 times longer than conventional house paints.
By applying an insulating coating to your exterior walls you restrict heat loss through the wall and heat gain during the summer months. ReflectaHeat Liquid Siding for cement and stucco surfaces, ReflectaHeat Stain for all other siding materials.
These should be painted with insulating paint. Using insulating paint on your ceilings and walls will reduce the amount of heat that transfers down through the ceiling from the attic, and inward through the walls that face the exterior.
Apply MoistureBlock as a primer to the interior walls that face the exterior of the building and to the ceilings that butts up to the attic. This nonmetallic mineral filled, aluminum pigment paint will provide the painted area with a metallic reflective heat shield that reflects heat back into the room and a water vapor barrier which will keep your "in the wall" insulation dry and eliminate that "Damp" feeling within the home. Next apply a finish decorative color coat of ReflectaHeat for additional insulation.
See how this procedure saved a Michigan customer 35% on last winters heating bills.
If you live in a Cold Zone Area where hot summers are short and winter heating is of prime concern, this order of applications targets keeping the heat in during the winter as primary, and keeping heat out in the summer as secondary.
Again the applications are listed in the order of greatest savings first.