Our townhouse has three floors. The first level stays comfortable and cool in the summer. While the top floor is hot … really hot. So hot, sticky and uncomfortable, some nights we had trouble sleeping even with the air conditioning and fan running. Marc would climb out of bed in the middle of the night to look at the thermometer. Neither of us were shocked at a temperature in the 80s with 80% humidity. The air conditioning was ALWAYS running.
With the hopes of improving the situation, we decided to silver coat our roof and buy a new skylight. Simply put, the silver coat reflects the sun much better than a black roof and therefore lowers the temperature of the room. The new skylight was an absolute necessity since our existing one was warped with holes allowing water and hot air to come in AND cool air to go out. Not rocket science to figure out that something that’s sealed properly works so much better!
Between the silver coating and the skylight, it’s unbelievable how much the quality of our sleep has changed. We’ve also noticed a difference in our electric bills since the air conditioning is running so much less.
