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Your New Roof Looks Great! How to Find the Best Look for Your Home

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Carolyn Lynch
Your New Roof Looks Great! How to Find the Best Look for Your Home

Kreunen Construction’s guide to new roof aesthetics

Well, you are going to live with a new roof for a good long time and this is why choosing the right and best shingle style is a big deal. There are different colours, style and texture combinations for the new roof from which one can choose easily.

So, the question arises, what is the right shingle? It is tough to say what is right because the right thing can change from place to place, climate to climate and can also change according to the taste of the persons. As there are no rules for roof aesthetics but there are some tools and tips which can help you find the perfect shingle style and colour for your home.

3 helpful tools for choosing your new roof style

Shingle Samples –Check them out

You can take the advantage of the shingle samples that your contractor is brought and you can even hold them outside of your home to see how it would look. Moreover,  you can do this experiment at different times of the day so that you would know how it would look when the sun is rising or setting or when there are clouds.

Even if you want to view the samples from a distance, you can also do that easily with the contractor’s samples. You can also ask the contractor if there are any home nearby that have the same coloured shingles, then it would be best to have a look at them.

Online Design Tools

Most of the shingle companies are working online and they are offering different tools to you to apply different colours of shingles to your house to see how it would go.  Some of the sites are so advanced that they would even let you upload the picture of your home and then see how it would look.
Photo Galleries

Most roofing and shingle companies offer galleries on their websites, but if you don’t see exactly what you are looking a simple internet search will help you do it. Many homeowners also take to image-sharing platforms like Pinterest to curate and save ideas.

3 more new roof aesthetic tips to keep in mind

Consider the colour of your home’s brick or stonework first

Brick and stonework are the most permanent elements of any home. Siding, shutters, fascia, doors and windows all are replaced after some time or they can be painted easily. Moreover, these items are also less costly than bricks and stonework. This is why, when you are looking for the shingle samples, hold them against your stone or brickwork, because you won’t be changing these two items.

Moreover, there are some colours and designs which do not go well with certain brick and stonework. So, it is always better to get a proper direction on it. For example, you will never add a blue shingle on red brick. This is why it would be best if you start from a neutral colour shingle and then you can think of different colours that would suit best according to your home.

Complement with shingle colour

One of the best roofing aesthetic tips is to choose a roof colour that will match the rest of your home’s exterior to the closing value. If you have grey siding, try to go for such a colour that will complement the colour of your house instead of Choosing a shingle color that will only make your home monotonous.

When the home’s exterior is bright or rich hue like red a simple neutral tone can help to enhance the curb appeal of your home.

Roof aesthetics go beyond colour

In addition to the colour of the shingle, one more important thing is the shingle style. You need to choose such a style that will complement your home. You can go for the classic and luxury style shingles according to the budget that you have for your home. 

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