Sprinkler To Cool Roof

One study indicates that water use is around 100 gallons per day per 1000 sqft of roof area.

Sprinkler to cool roof.

1 gallon of water consumes 8000 btu as it evaporates. It is also foreseeable that an owner can use the embers sprinkler system to wet the rooftop of houses on a hot day to cool down the house for general irrigation purposes or wet summer fun. Instead of spraying water on the roof you should apply a cool roof coating to cool your roof down. 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.

Cool roof coatings are white or special reflective pigments that reflect sunlight. These systems provide cooling by spraying the water evaporates and cools the surface. Cooling with liquid water running off from a sprinkler is not efficient but evaporative cooling from a small amount of water like a periodic sprinkle is very efficient. A rooftop sprinkler system ember s guard is adapted to protect homes from falling embers in the case of a wildfire or bushfire.

Coatings are like very thick paints that can protect the roof sur.