I live in Florida and have full sun on the longest sides of my house one side in the morning the opposite in the afternoon. I have seen some web sites selling reflective paint additives that will reduce the amount of heat gained by the house. Has anyone had any experience with these?
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While it wasn't my intent, as such, at the start of my home projects ... there are three things I've done that have produced immediate, and substantial, reductions in the solar heat gained by my house.
The first was simply painting the house a semi-gloss white. I suspect glossy would have done a bit better.
The second was ... planting a lawn where bare earth had been. It seems the ground was but a 'heat mirror,; reflecting heat into the house.
The last was a real surprise .... I built window boxes over the windows, simply for the convenience of my cats. These are 12" deep boxes, screened all around, that completely cover the entire window (and have three levels for the cats to lay). The screen material has a very real effect on the amount of heat that comes in the windows .... I suspect that spacing it a foot away from the glass also increases this effect - though I can't say why!
Do they call those fancy additives, white pigment? aka Titanium dioxide?
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