Radiant Barrier Roof Life

Attics heat up when the sun s radiant energy heats the shingles and the heat is transferred to the interior attic space through the roofing materials via conduction.

Radiant barrier roof life.

But on the bright side. Lowering the temperatures above living space ceilings provides a significant benefit by reducing air conditioning loads and energy usage. Roofs with radiant barrier have the potential to lower the temp at night because the radiant barrier prevented the heat loss that would typically occur from the traditional mass insulation on the attic floor rising to heat the roof. This basically allows for wood rot to continue and inspectors have a more difficult time finding areas of concern.

The hot roof material then radiates its gained heat energy onto the cooler attic surfaces including the air ducts and the attic floor. Multiple studies have confirmed that a radiant barrier is a worthy addition to a home s thermal envelope. A radiant barrier reduces the radiant heat transfer from the underside of the roof to the other surfaces in the attic. Radiantguard radiant barriers reflect block 95 97 of the radiant heat transfer and when installed in an attic space they can result in a reduction of attic temperature below the radiant barrier of up to 30 degrees.

Your radiant barrier makes the roof deck sheathing invisible from the attic. Installing a radiant barrier underneath the roof will cause the roof temperature to increase by a few degrees usually 2 10º. The heat that would normally be absorbed by the insulation is now being bounced back to the roof deck and causing the roof to emit more heat upward rather than both upward and downward. A radiant barrier works best when it is perpendicular to the radiant energy striking it.

Increasing summer energy consumption and cooling costs. Also any water leak will fall onto the backside of the radiant barrier and roll down the slope until it reaches the eaves soffits. This means radiant barrier can increase the life of the roof shingles. Radiant barrier has been shown to decrease ceiling heat gains by up to 42 in certain tests.

Radiant barriers are utilized to reduce summer heat gain in attics.