Is that snow?!
elastomerically coated roof
Well no. It’s not. Not even close. But it is blindingly white in manner of snow. Also in manner of horrible stretchy pants worn by the hooker down on High Street. I KID! not really.
The reflective elastomeric coating is all but complete. I have to wait a couple of weeks for a patched spot on the porch roof to cure before I can coat it but that is ALL that remains of the roof project. (rah, frackin, rah)
To make matters awesome, we immediately noticed a difference in the interior temperature with the new white roof. I would say the house stays 10 degrees cooler because of it. This rocks hard here in the land of no air conditioning. While you might say, “That’s great for the summer but won’t you be sad when winter rolls around and you want that sunny heat warming up the house?” Well the answer, Mr./Ms. Negative, is no. Because here in the Bay Area there is none of this “sun in winter” concept you may be thinking of. We have the rainy season–winter–and the not-rainy season–summer. So when chilly weather rolls around, it’s not like we’ll be missing out on any solary type benefits. So we’ll be as chilly as ever bundled up in our fleece blankets in front of the Christmas episodes of Heroes and The Office.
Also, the 3 year old across the street told me I missed a spot. He was right. I’ve fixed it.