My house is hot in the southern United States. Trying to add insulation in the attic space during the summer almost killed me last year. The attic was so unbelievably hot. I have developed a roof leak and was thinking about a metal roof on top of my current roof. I was wondering why a metal roof can’t be installed on braces a few inches above an existing roof to function as a roof and shade. The airflow between the two would have to cool the attic, much better than if the heat radiated through straight to the shingles and plywood. We bought a sunshade for our back patio, and I’ve thought about even something as simple as that over smaller homes could drastically help.
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We just had 28 solar panels installed on the roof, 7′- 9′ high. They shade about 80% of the house. Inside temperatures dropped by about ten degrees.
Secondly, we can run all 6 air conditioners as much as we want now for free.
It’s a 2 story concrete house with a flat roof, we gained a huge veranda upstairs. Nice cool ocean breeze in the afternoons and it’s higher than most mosquitos fly.
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