The impact of weather conditions on your home
The past decade was the hottest on record for our
planet, with climate change being the cause. Climate change causes extreme
weather conditions, from severe cold, to wide-spread flooding, extended heatwaves,
and high-speed winds. As a homeowner knowing the consequences of climate change
and the impact these extreme weather conditions may have on your home in the
future is valuable knowledge aiding you to the steps you can take to protect
what is likely your most valuable asset preventing it from damage.
How to Protect Your House from Sun Heat
Warm climates provide months of
gorgeous sunlight but can have adverse effects to your home. Homes tend to absorb
a lot of the sun's heat causing homeowner to use excess energy than needed in
costs to cool the residents. Conserving energy will save the average homeowner
enough to treat the family to a holiday at least once a year! Take these steps
to help protect your home.
- Plant Trees and Shrubs. This will help block out sunlight from directly reaching your home.
- Most exterior housing materials are designed to be resistant to UV rays one being Fibre cement cladding, we’ll talk about it more in detail later in the article.
- Cover Your Windows, hang drapes to block light during the hottest hours. Drapes are very cheap and affective at blocking lights.
- Choose Fabrics and Colours Resistant to Fading. Darker fabrics can absorb heat and fade due to the adverse effects of sunlight hitting your home directly, choose lighter colours to prevent this.
The effect of colour on heat absorption
Paint your home’s exterior walls white so they
absorb less heat. Darker colours attract and absorb heat. A
light colour, like white, is highly reflective and a better choice in hot
climates.
The colour of your home’s exterior influences a lot more than the look
of your home. The outside of your house either absorbs or reflects heat, making
the inside hotter or cooler.
Dark coloured
materials and objects radiate and absorb heat the fastest. The reason for this
is that lighter colours reflect more light. Since light is energy, absorbing
it would increase a material temperature. This means that due to having darker colours you
are increasing the warmth of your home and if you live in a hot climate this can
have adverse effects to your home.
Why you should install Fibre Cement Cladding
Fibre cement cladding is
made from cement which has been reinforced with cellulose fibres. With the life
expectancy of 50 years there’s not many better long-term investments that you
can do for your home than Fibre Cement Cladding. Once installed, fibre cement
cladding requires virtually no maintenance. It is an extremely eco-friendly
material and will continue to look great and perform like the day it was
installed for many years.
Risk conditions like building cracks and water leakage problems can be
minimised by applying fibre cement cladding. Fibre cement cladding in the
exterior wall prevents the occurrence of cracks in the building due to heat conditions.
It’s a common problem reported by people living in areas where extreme weather
changes happen. Hence doing fibre cement cladding while renovating the exterior
wall of the building can reduce the occurrence problems occurring in the future.
Fibre cement cladding consists of many different
materials, 10% of the materials used to make fibre cement is considered
flammable, meaning a massive 90% of the material is not flammable even when
exposed to extreme heat.
Fibre cement cladding is by far one of the most
durable products on the market for your exterior wall. It is resistant to
water, UV rays, rotting and other adversities that can affect your home. With
fibre cement, your home is covered, and you have nothing to be concerned about.
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