Most preferred Roofing materials in Ghana.
Roofed Building makes our building complete as a home, this in a long way helps our homes protect us from rainfall, sunshine, and unknown hazard, just to mention a few. Roofing sheet types considered in Ghana are mostly recommended by roofing companies with expertise of which Rudon roofing ltd is not an exception.
Choosing a roofing type in Ghana depends on the clients in question. There are several factors to consider before choosing a type of roofing material to use for your roofing services. In this post, we will give you the types of roofing sheets that are available and the most considered roofing sheet in Ghana based on certain factors.
Types of roofing sheets in Ghana
Metal Roofing
We have several types of metal roofs type, such as common aluminum, copper, zinc, steel, and Tin. These are coated or galvanized for corrosion resistance. Aluminum is the preferred Ghana choice due to the following reasons; Affordability, easy installation, lightweight but strong, Corrosion-resistant, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly.
Metal roofing is a component of energy-efficient roof material that can reflect solar radiation more desirable than the heat absorption of other roof types.
Metal roofing sheets come in different styles namely; Aluzinc white, IBR, Self-lock, and IDT just to mention a few.
Tile Roofing
Tiles roofs are one of the preferred roofing materials by some real estate companies in Ghana due to their durability and insurable nature. Quite apart from that, the tiles roof is beautiful, fire-resistant, and lasts long with little or no maintenance. However, these materials are heavy and difficult to transport in large quantities. Maintenance is sometimes difficult based on the situation at hand. They are in many types; stone coated tiles, Step tiles, Euro Tiles, and clay tiles, just to mention a few.
Shingles Roofing
Shingles are made from asphalt and are mostly used in Ghana. It is less expensive, beautiful, lightweight, and can resist fire. Architectural asphalt shingles are built up and shaped to replicate the look of many different roof shingles like octagon scales or hand-starved shakes. As a result, these dimensional shingles are often heavier and thicker
Thatch Roofing
These are the best insulators roof you can find in places like Ghana especially Ghana due to our climate. Thatch can look beautiful when used properly. It is mostly used f outdoor pavilions like summer huts and use in most villages in Ghana. Thatch is water and UV-proof, giving you a cozy feel in such a room. It is less costly, durable, and maintenance-free if installed properly.
Slate roofing
Slate roofing sheets are one of the oldest roofing sheet types we have in Ghana. It is expensive and durable. With a slate sheet, you spend less on roof maintenance, but it is hard to maintain when broken on the roof top.Â
Most Ghanaian old buildings have slate as the roof material and it still remains strong today. It has a long-life span. We consider this type of roof material due to its durability
There are several roofing sheets available, however, the above listed are the most preferred roofing sheets used in Ghana. You can contact us for more advice on your roofing material choice.
Factors to consider when choosing a roofing material.
Most people take into consideration certain factors when choosing a roofing material for their roofing services. As your professional roofing experts, we have had served many clients, and we believe that the below factors are considered by our clients before deciding any material for their project.
Cost Affordability
Everybody wants to beat down on the cost when purchasing an item. We all want value for money, so we go the extra mile to bargain when it comes to purchasing. Most clients consider the cost of roofing materials before deciding on which to choose, considering less priced, quality and value for money roofing materials.
Metal, shingles, and thatch roofing are less costly as compared to other roofing materials.
Durability
It will be very painful if your roof does not last for decades before replacement. It will cost an extra amount for maintenance, which might not have been budgeted for. Due to this reason, our client considers as we advise durable materials for them, we recommend these durable materials based on the type of building. Some materials, when properly installed, can last for over 100 years.Â
We consider clay tiles, slate, and thatch more durable. Also, metal and shingle roofing materials are durable too.
Good insulator
We have self-insurable roofing materials such as thatch, clay tiles and slate which most customers consider when choosing a material type. These materials during installation do not need any additional insulation, unlike metal roofing and co. The materials used in making these roofing types make it heavy and good insulator for homes.
Less Maintenance
Maintenance is very important since it helps keep the roof for a longer duration. However, nobody wants to spend more money on unexpected maintenance. This is the reason to choose roofing materials that require less maintenance when need be. Some materials are lightweight and due to that have required maintenance from time to time due to climate change. However, certain heavy materials due to their thickness might require less maintenance if there is no defect. But it might be very difficult to maintain when defective on top of the roof.
Fire Resistant
When it comes to fire, there are some materials that are good fire resistance and others that resist a little and others that do not resist at all.
Thatch is very bad when it comes to fire resistance and must be installed at open places like outdoor pavilions and summer huts.Â
Easy Installation
Easy installation of materials is also considered a factor when choosing a material type. And this is because easy installation means less installation and maintenance costs. Most people want their roof work done as quickly as possible, i, e roof replacement. These factors are considered mostly in Ghana during the rainy season.
Light Weight
Asphalt shingle, metal roofing and thatch are considered light weight and easy to install as compared to other roof materials. Lightweight roofs are considered when it comes to transportation from one place to the other, the risk involves. Transportation of lightweight materials minimizes material damage while, the heavy materials have high risk of damage when transporting.
Attractiveness
Whiles others consider cost and durability when it comes to choosing roofing materials, others also like very attractive roofing material design and color.
Corrosion resistance
No one wants to have a rusted roof in the future, and due to that they choose roof material free of corrosion. Iron based metal which by automatically frequently exposed to rain and moisture, suffers from rust corrosion! Rust is an electrochemical process which occurs on metal surfaces that are exposed to electrolytes. Rusted metal is weak because of its reduced density, brittle surface, and inability to prevent moisture from infiltrating the interlayer.
Energy saving
Energy saving roofing materials save energy by reflecting the sun radiation to give the roofing, building, and your house a lot of benefits. Energy saving roofing materials are good due to the fact that it saves utility bills, brings in ventilation, lowers maintenance, extends the life stand of the roof, and makes your home comfortable.
Some of these energy saving materials are asphalt shingle, metal roofs, and tiles roof, just to mention a few.
Environmental Friendly
Metal roofing, slate, shingle are the most environmentally friendly materials on the market. These materials can be recycled and used for production of other materials or different roofing types, making it eco-environment friendly. We advise most clients to get environmentally friendly materials for their roofing projects.
Material Color
There are people who choose roof material based on color. Others want red, blue, green, and even black coated roofs, just to mention a few. There are a variety of colors available to decide from, making it more self-decisive when it comes to roofing materials.
In conclusion
Roofing materials choice depends on the individual. However, recommendations from experts like Rudon Roofing Ltd can help you make a good choice for your projects.
It is sometimes difficult when it comes to making decisions on the type of roofing materials to choose from a variety of them. These roofing materials are of different kinds, types, style, and even color, which some makes it difficult to make an instance choice. Making these kinds of decisions takes time, considering certain demanding factors. Metal roofing sheets are preferred due to the fact that, are affordable, easy to install, lightweight but strong, Corrosion-resistant, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly.
Tile roofing sheets which come in different types such as stone coated tiles, Step tiles, Euro Tiles, and clay tiles e.t.c are considered and mostly used due to its durability, less maintenance, insurable nature, and fire-resistant.
On the other hand, Shingle roofing materials are also used mostly because it looks beautiful, and can resist fire.
Thatch roofing material are also very well-known in the northern part of African and are preferred for outdoor pavilions summer huts and northern homes.
Slate roofing on the other side is also used due to its durability, heavy weight, and requires less maintenance.
Moreover, choosing any of these materials cannot be done properly without considering these additional factors; energy saving and environment friendliness.
Asphalt shingle, metal, and tiles roofing materials are known to energy saving helping homes save utility bills, bring in comfort with cool ventilation, and extends life span of the roofing material. Environmentally friendly roofing materials can be recycled and used for production of other materials or different roofing types, making it eco-environment friendly. Most roofing materials available are environmentally friendly.
The choice is yours to make, however Rudon roofing ltd will always be there to assist you. Contact us now: +233 (0) 546035021.
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