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If you live in a climate that needs air conditioning to be comfortable most of the year, your roof and walls should be as white as possible. I have seen black shingles on new construction in Texas…
Also, toilet paper direction is a personal preference and is often driven by needs like pets and toilet/wall distances.
I agree completely. I chose a white house, and when I had my shingles replaced a couple of years ago, I told the guy I wanted the whitest ones. I’ve watched with interest the new “ultra white” paints that reflect a certain wavelength of the infrared spectrum straight back into space, thereby passively cooling a house. I’d love to slather my entire house in that stuff.
New Mexico. However, it does get pretty cold here in the winter, and a black house in the winter would be nice. But, I spend more on cooling than heating here, so white house it is.
If you live in a climate that needs air conditioning to be comfortable most of the year, your roof and walls should be as white as possible. I have seen black shingles on new construction in Texas…
I mean, i wouldnt call this unimportant or inconsequential. This is legitimate fact.
Houses should also be built with concrete or masonry walls. You don’t even have to see it, you can totally hide it and make it look like a normal wood frame house, but that will provide more strength and protection during disaster, and more protection from thermal extremes outside.
If you live in a climate that needs air conditioning to be comfortable most of the year, your roof and walls should be as white as possible. I have seen black shingles on new construction in Texas…
Also, toilet paper direction is a personal preference and is often driven by needs like pets and toilet/wall distances.
I agree completely. I chose a white house, and when I had my shingles replaced a couple of years ago, I told the guy I wanted the whitest ones. I’ve watched with interest the new “ultra white” paints that reflect a certain wavelength of the infrared spectrum straight back into space, thereby passively cooling a house. I’d love to slather my entire house in that stuff.
New Mexico. However, it does get pretty cold here in the winter, and a black house in the winter would be nice. But, I spend more on cooling than heating here, so white house it is.
I mean, i wouldnt call this unimportant or inconsequential. This is legitimate fact.
Houses should also be built with concrete or masonry walls. You don’t even have to see it, you can totally hide it and make it look like a normal wood frame house, but that will provide more strength and protection during disaster, and more protection from thermal extremes outside.
You should look at rammed earth building. It’s extremely niche and not practical with modern construction, but it is amazing at thermal regulation.