Make your roof environment friendly!

Environment is where we all live in and its conservation is our responsibility. Many homeowners are concerned with reducing their home’s impact on the environment.  Beside basic changes, such as installing energy efficient appliances and low-flow shower heads, it is also possible to reduce a house’s environmental impact by making changes to the roof.  Some common roofing related ways to make your home environmentally friendly, which can also help lower energy and utility costs are below.

1.Water barrels:

Placing a water barrel at the downspouts of your eaves trough is the simplest and relatively cheap method of lowering a homeowner’s impact on the environment. The water runoff from the roof can be collected and used for outdoor purposes like watering the lawn, garden, or cleaning outdoors. Water barrel collection benefits the environment by displacing the water regularly used from a hose and also reduces costs by lowering water usage.

2.Proper insulation and ventilation:

Proper insulation and ventilation of your roof system can significantly benefit the environment. It also lowers the heating and cooling costs of a home. The reduction in power and fossil fuels used in the heating and cooling processes will help make a more environmentally efficient household.

3. Daylighting:

Solar reflective tubes are a amazing way to bring natural light into almost any area of your house. Day lighting can provide natural light during daytime hours, which will benefit the environment by saving electricity, and provide healthy natural light to the household.

4.Trim excess growth around the roof area:

Controlling vegetation growth from encroaching on a roof area will aid in air circulation and reduce wear and tear on your roof system. If the air circulation around the roof is poor, it can create hot spots on a roof system that can cause accelerated aging. When you extend the life of the roof system, it reduces the material usage over time, saves money, and lowers the environmental impact.

5.Roof Maintenance:

Proper maintenance of roof including keeping the gutters, downspouts, and roof area free of debris will help you significantly in extending the life of a roof system. By utilizing the full life span of a roof system homeowners can delay replacement, which in turn results in cost savings and less material waste.

Here at Jamie Roofing Repair NJ, we want our customers to learn more about their roofing and how to take care of it. We certainly are grateful for your business, but like to try to make sure that you don’t end up needing urgent roof repairs or the need for premature replacement.

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