One of the most effective approaches to enhancing the appearance of a home is to make it look like it blends perfectly with the surrounding landscape. Since demolishing entire rooms to update the profile of your home would be too impractical, the best thing you can do is to hire professional residential roofing service from trusted roofing companies like Polk Contracting.
Making the roof blend with the landscape can be quite the challenge, but knowing the essentials of smart home design is the key to pulling this off. Here are just a few things that you should remember when getting a more landscape-friendly roof.
Coordinate the Colors
Roofs are available in a wide variety of colors, but you have to narrow your choices to those that will blend with the rest of your home and the landscape surrounding it. For example, a neutral, gray roof can match the equally gray cut stone pavers leading to the front door. On the other hand, the earthy colors of red clay tile installed by your roofing contractor would work great for a home surrounded by other rustic visual elements, such as fountains or brick-lined flower beds.
Change the Contour
There are two ways to unite your home’s profile with the land: make it bring more attention to the landscape as a whole, or use the landscape to emphasize its shape. For the first option, you can have a roof profile with vertical lines and a low-pitch profile that directs attention “outwards” toward the landscape as a whole. For the second option, you can have a roof with more horizontal lines or steeply inclined planes that “draw” the attention towards the home as the centerpiece of the landscape.
Try Different Textures
A roof’s texture is greatly defined by its primary material which means you have to know which material to switch to before the insurance restoration contractor even starts working on the project. For example, materials with more dynamic texture such as clay or brick tiles are great for making the home perfectly match the landscape, while more simple or flat roof styles work great in more urban areas where sleek lines and minimalist looks tend to work well.
Looking for the right pros that can help you with your roof replacement project? Polk Contracting is your trusted local provider of roofing services in Harford County and surrounding areas. Just call us at (410) 660-2922 or fill out our contact form to get your free quote.