NorthernRyland

have a link?

that's a good guess. They look too thin to be concrete but you could be right. I need to get a closer view to be sure.

As mentioned I got a picture of that roof last night. It's in the mountains at about 1000m elevation. This material looks light and probably doesn't store much heat. Looks good to me but I don't know what it is even.

Has anyone seen this roofing material before? This is as close as I could get but it looks like a plastic/wood composite, kind of like certain decking material. The panels appear thin and light to. Nearly certain it's not wood but some kind of artificial composite.

what's your point here? Republican leadership is in favor of foreign wars? Of course they are that's always been the case.

You're an American living in Thailand right? Why are you focused on some country in Eastern Europe? They put that idea in to your head. Ukraine is of no material interest to actual Americans.

well if you can prevent the house from heating during the day using insulation on the ceiling than it's a win. I'm very skeptical you can insulate the ceiling well enough to cope with a metal roof but in theory it's possible.

Here's a starting point for things going wrong in the world yet, some directly affect American people yet the American media and government want you laser focused on Ukraine. Why is that? Is it really your concern or are you getting manipulated into supporting yet another foreign war for their profit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts

There are so many things like this happening all over the world but US does nothing. Ukraine is a special interest of some people in the government but not to Americans. That's my only point. It's THEIR war.

They would 100% send troops if they thought they could get away with it and then you would see those casualties. Not blaming the war on them but the major media companies are essentially government propaganda at this point and they have been shilling at max capacity for that war. It's their war, has nothing to do with America.

Why? it's another pointless war promoted by governments, high society elites and media companies. Do you have a response which isn't propaganda talking points by said groups? I wasn't around for Vietnam (born 82) but I was told that's how it was back then too.

OK so the roof reaches equilibrium faster and at that point the heat is being transferred in to your house. That's the trade off. I've seen roof tiles that look almost plastic to me (very lightweight at least) which probably have this similar property. Anyone seen these? I can think of one building, I'll try to take a picture next time I see it.

that's what I do every year too but it always makes me fume I can't go out because a bunch of stupid kids and drunks are blocking the streets with buckets of water. The constant pounding bass music for 3 days is depressing also. Leaving would just make all of that go away and I don't have to think about it even once. Done and dusted.

This is why American cities are turning to <deleted>. They have nothing better to do with their time than make Asian immigrants feel important about their precious culture? Every hyphenated nobody in the world has some stupid game they used to play back home but none of this should concerning NYC given the current state of the place.

they don't even regulation alcohol or cigarettes to that degree. You'd need to literally implement rationing and track peoples consumption then deny them purchases. No government could manage that without massive backlash, maybe North Korea. People need to learn how to deal with industrial production capacity and limit their consumption. It's not just sugar it's food in general and every other sort of vice.

so glad it's over. After enough years of declining interest I now hate it on a spiritual level. I'm going to leave the country next year for 3 days and make that my Songkran tradition.

This is more crazy talk. Producing sugar is cheap and easy now and people like it. Your choices are to make sugar illegal or impose rationing and essential make it a controlled substance. Imagine how crazy that would get.

This was always going to happen with industrial technology and abundance. What are the alternatives? Go full communism and give all food production and pricing over to the government?

Exactly my thoughts. It's very interesting to me the amount of people who are so eager to comply with this new law and are hiring lawyers and going to tax offices already.

If the ceiling is well insulated does it matter if the space above the roof is releasing heat slower? So basically the trade off with the metal roof is you're taking on more heat during the day but releases faster at night. This all relies on the ceiling insulation being of the highest quality also. What do you think about the metal roof panels with foam inserted in the middle? I guess that has the same problem of trapping heat though if it does pass through.

This is why censorship needs to taken seriously. In an open forum people are allowed to descent and have alternate viewpoints to yours. You sound like a person who consumes a lot of mainstream media but not all of do and so we debate the issues. Lots of good comes out of free and open debate. If you want to get your opinions from the newspapers and TV then open internet forums aren't the place to be.

In fact I have a roll of single sided foil foam insulation I bought from HomePro. It says to point the reflective side UP towards the sun too.

Summarize this for me, so the debate with ceramic tiles is that while they block heat penetration they retain heat and will radiate heat during the night after the sun is down, therefore ventilation is extra important as compared to some lighter material. Is this correct?

this goes over my head I guess. The reflective part is facing DOWN? I thought it was supposed to face up towards the sun?

They're coming for your money next. Prepare yourself accordingly.