Radiant Barrier is a reflective coating sprayed on the underside of your roof reflecting the radiant heat caused by the sun. It was first developed by NASA. It was then widely used by the military, and just recently made available to the consumer.

The quality of the radiant barrier is determined by their emissivity, the lower the better. Our sprayed on radiant barrier made by Radiance has an emissivity of .25. This means it will reflect up to 75% of the radiant heat caused by the sun reducing you attic temperature by up to 30 degrees.

There are several different ways to install radiant barrier and many radiant barriers to choose from. They all have there pros and cons. Sprayed-on is the most long-term application because it's applied literally to your roof. In a typical Houston summer, your attic temperature can increase by up 150 degrees. And trying to keep a house cool in the summer with these high temperatures in your attic can be very costly. The more you can reflect the sun off your house, the easier its going to be to keep your home cooler. And of course, less expensive. So as long as you have a roof over your head, you have a sprayed-on radiant barrier on the home separating you from this radiant heat caused by the sun.

And if reflecting 75% isn't enough and you are willing to invest a little more, we also offer radiant barrier foil which will reflect up to 97%. Like the sprayed on application, this is used to reflect the radiant heat caused by the sun. But unlike the sprayed on radiant barrier which is applied to the actual roof, it is stapled to the rafters on the underside of the roof in large foil sheets.