From: Dave Williams <dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
> I'm in Arkansas. It hits 110-115F here in midsummer. I went for
>uninterrupted white roofing on my shop.
Good plan. I'm glad to have the attic and insulation between me and the sun
when it gets in the nineties here.
> Temperature in both shops seems to be about the same, but I bet it's
>primarily because the extra reflectivity of his shiny metal roof is
>balancing out the heat gain from the skylights.
Oddly enough, shiny metal seems to heat in the sun more than white-painted
metal. I walked up to a white van parked in the sun. The chrome bumper was
hot and the white body was cool. Hmmm.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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