I have a friend who has mounted soaker hoses on each side of the ridge row of his roof to help cool it.
Hosing the roof in summer.
At its lowest tech a roof misting system can be little more than a garden hose set to the mist setting and aimed across the roof.
Whereas the floor may deteriorate if it is placed on an uneven base.
If your house has wood siding replacing it with metal siding will help.
The roof makes up about 40 of the visible exterior of your home depending on the style of the house so choosing the right shingle colors and roofing materials means that when you make your choice you are also deciding on the type of first impression you want to make with your home and even bigger decisions like the resale value of the.
Like the other answers install fire resistant roofing such as steel or ceramic tiles.
Water is sprayed for 10 minutes every hour to thoroughly soak the roof.
Attached a garden hose and a water timer.
This is not the same as cooling the house.
Firesafe marin recommends that you replace any wood shake roof with a fire sesistant type a roof assembly but until that happens your house is the rare case a sprinkler might be helpful.
Cool roof asphalt shingles help lower that difference to just 5 or 10 degrees by using granules coated with a highly reflective.
Hooked up a heavy duty impact sprinkler head on the center peak of the roof.
Dark granules on laminated asphalt shingles absorb the sun s radiation pushing heat into the building which explains why an attic can be 50 to 85 degrees warmer than the outside temperature on a hot summer day.
Also called an evaporative cooling system a roof misting system lowers surface temperatures by spraying an extremely small amount of water across the roof allowing the water to cool the roof as it evaporates.
The hoses are connected to a sprinkler timer and.
Investigating the roof floors and walls of your summer house is crucial this is as holes tears and splints are all likely common problems to encounter.
A much more effective idea is to use.
Likewise don t climb up on your roof with a garden hose.
For instance heavy winds may rip or tear your summer house roof covering.
Adjust sprinkler to end it s arc about three feet from the edge of the roof.
Watering a roof can help avoid heat gain on the roof.
Contact your local fire marshal for advice.