Roof Coating Hawaii
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Roof coating in Hawaii is becoming more and more popular. The next time you are outdoors look around your neighbor’s roofs. Do some seem to have different colors, almost like they were painted? That is most likely coating. Coating is important to protect all types of roof. Elite Roofing Honolulu has experience in roof coating in Honolulu and Oahu. That includes coating for shingle roof, tile roof, flat roof, and metal roof. There are various reasons to perform roof coating in Hawaii.
Our Oahu roofers specialize in roof installation in Honolulu, roof repairs, reroofing, tear-offs, roof coating and waterproofing. We can work with and around existing solar panels. Call us at (808) 374-5944
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Why Coating my Roof?
1. It protects the roof materials to increase the durability of a roof
Whether you have shingles, tile, or metal roof, coating will protect it from weather damage. That in turn will increase the lifetime of your current roof, possibly delay, or avoid any leaks, repairs, and early need for replacement. It is known that the same material of roofing wears off faster in Hawaii vs. mainland due to the weather here. Coating can maximize the life cycle of your roof and save you thousands of dollars in the future. This can mean that you may never need to replace your roof in your lifetime.
2. It makes your house stand out which can be positive to increase property value
The aesthetical advantage is that you can choose the color and make your roof stand out from your neighbor’s homes in a positive and beautiful way. In general, the lighter the color, the better sun reflection rate which helps cooling down the house.
3. Proper coating will cool off your home or business
Also known as Cool Roof. Cool Roof is a coating placed over your roof and it does exactly what is sounds like: protects you roof and keeps it cool. It does so by reflecting over 70% of the sun light. You may already be thinking that sun is something we have in abundance in Hawaii, making it the perfect climate to take advantage of a cool roof system. By reflecting so much sunlight, this roof coating can cool down the interior of your home or building. Therefore, lowering your AC usage and associated costs. The best color to use if white as it can reflect up to 90% of the sunlight. The beauty of this system is that you can just maintain it and re-coat as needed increasing the lifetime of your roof significantly.
4. Roof Waterproofing
Especially if you have a flat roof, it is especially important to use a 100% waterproof silicone coating. Water ponding is common in flat roofs and a big cause of leaks in Oahu.
When Should my Roof be Coated in Oahu?
There are various material options for coating. The differences have mostly to do with its longevity. Silicone roof coating can have a warranty up to 50 years for example. Acrylic usually coating varies between 5-15 years.