Turn Your Florida Roof Into A Classy Mosaic Using Designer Shingles
If you are looking for ways to improve your home’s curb appeal, you have several options: a new coat of paint, installing a new fence, transforming your landscape, and more. All these choices represent suitable investments, but the most significant change you can make in your home to improve on its beauty is none other than the roof.
There are many types of roofs and tiles, and they can complement your home in impactful ways. The right design can turn your roof into the proverbial crown jewel of the masterpiece you live in. The question remains, though: Which roof color is best for you?
The answer is not too hard to find, as long as you know the tools at your disposal. Then, with just a little help, you will have a clear plan forward, and you will be ready to budget for it and execute!
Designer Shingles For Every Type Of Roof
The proper roof color can help create contrast with your house exterior or landscaping details. Designer shingles are for that purpose; while still boasting a thick body that makes each shingle more resistant to impacts, cracks, and warps.
They come in many different profiles and shapes, from a standard square or rectangular shingle to diamond or hexagonal patterns or perfect imitations of wood shakes and stone slate roofs. There is a design and color fit to let your home stand out without clashing with others in the neighborhood, whether you want warm, natural, or neutral colors.
The type of roof your house has, as well as the exterior design, both influence what kind of designer shingle you should have. Ranch houses, Victorian styles, and modern designs benefit from different patterns.
But why should you pick imitations over the real thing? The answer is because the proper wood and stone materials have certain drawbacks: Wood shakes, for example, are largely being phased out due to the inherent fire hazards, as well as the fact that they suffer from warping as they age.
Stone slate roofs, however, do perform well and have longer lifespans but suffer from a more logistical perspective. They are up to four times heavier than asphalt, and thus, some structures cannot have actual stone slates installed.
Designer shingles, on the other hand, let you enhance your home’s curb appeal by emulating wood, clay, or stone while still retaining the cost-effectiveness and reliability of asphalt shingles.
Vibrant Colors With TruDefinition Quality, Down To The Granule
After deciding on a pattern, you must choose the color. Good colors pick will both mesh and contrast with the surrounding area. The color you choose should be different enough from the rest of your house to bring more attention to trims and details but not look out of place.
Some Home Owners Associations have strict rules on the colors to be used on roofs, so before you buy them, be sure to check their by-laws first. Even if they are not so strict, it would be advisable to pick a color that harmonizes well with them. Houses do not have to be mirror images of each other, but each home can help the others look better, including yours.
We all know how a home in Florida benefits from a Terra Cotta red tone on the roof. However, that same red would be out of place on a northern estate, where a darker gray or even an onyx black would help mimic the class of a slate roof.
If you want a color design that can bring everything your choice of color can offer, then the TruDefinition platform is the best bet. Shingles using this platform will have the perfect blend of multiple granules and detailed shadowing, enhancing the depth from the multiple shingle layers.
To enhance your roof’s curb appeal, you can have a soft blend of colors that helps give it an organic sense of depth while still retaining a certain degree of uniformity. The TruDefinition granular blend of shades, shadows, and colors will do precisely that.
A lifetime warranty to sweeten the deal
Since you would be using TruDefinition colors, it would make sense to take full advantage of the Owens Corning Lifetime Warranty.
Using at least three Owens Corning components in your project with a Preferred Partner like us lets you apply for a System Protection Warranty. It covers the cost of said components and shingles and repair, replacement, tear-off, and disposal costs for 50 years.
The warranty on materials will also cover components for a limited lifetime service, which means that it will be valid indefinitely, as long as you remain the sole owner of your home. Combine that with our lifetime workmanship warranty, and you have the deal of both the proverbial and literal lifetime.
If you still have doubts, do not hesitate to consult with roofing contractors, as their experience can show you the results of similar combinations used in other homes.
