Every year trends change and something new pops up. Everyone wants to update their living style and the place where they already live and if someone wants to get a new home they automatically first google the trends, what is inn and what is out. And then they choose accordingly. New styles in architecture and roofing are already taking shape. Contractors that are in the residential side keenly notice the aesthetic shifts and wonder how much they are going to impact in the coming time.
When the contractors look into the new trends and discover what leads them, they identify the cause and effect relationships between large-scale influences, what consumer demands, their desires and behaviours related to the new trends. Macro influences such as the consumers affect on seeing the specific design or new trend, how they feel about that specific trend. Macro variables include political landscapes, environmental concerns, economic shifts, cultural events, societal norms and technological innovations. All these directly affect the consumers desires and their behaviour as well. Once the consumers desire and behaviour changes, it results automatically in change in product design.
The consumers now want something new every now and then. That is why the roofing contractors are always updated with the new designs. Macro level influences have contributed a lot towards the rise in getting the consumers up to date , mobile devices and new technologies have enabled an onslaught in content, advertising and information. Consumers spend a lot of time in front of the screens and this screen time has increased their knowledge to be updated with new trends.
One of the most fast growing trends in 2021 is gabled modern homes in pitched roof contemporary styles. Most of the house owners prefer gabled roofing for their farmhouse as well as for the normal living house. A gabled home includes a minimal silhouette, gabled roof with medium to low pitch, extremely minimal with low eaves, less colours should be chosen, less is more phenomena is inn in 2021, 1 or 2 colours are enough for the roof to get an aesthetic effect and limited use of exterior faced materials which should be one or two depends on the colour you chose.
Another most famous trend in roofing is, you can use the roof as a liveable space. It looks so good plus you have an extra space where you can chill and enjoy your evenings. This type of roofing space requires modern type building with flat roofs. However, gabled modern style is much hyped nowadays, decks and balconies are increasingly being cut into the roofline with the benefit of some extra outdoor space in your house. Roof designs are considered to be a much focused department as they gave a nice look to your house. With increasing time the builders are more into utilizing the extra roof space in the house as a living space.
Yet another trend which is directly linked to the flat roofs is one color paint to the roof as well as to the walls of the house. Currently the single color roofs and the walls are up-trending in roofing builders, also known as the single colour home profile, and applicable on the gabled modern homes as well. As said earlier the view has the great impact on customers behaviour and desires, this one colour trend is aesthetically more prone to catch the customers attention.
Lastly, as the one colour trend is rapidly increasing in 2021, a new trend which is emerging with all these new trends is single use of material in the making of the exterior walls and roof. Many people choose this envision of single material use for their log cabin, also in the US many people are in favour of this trend. Wood and standing seam metal are the materials mostly used till date. Clay tile exteriors are also in trend, the revival of the shake clay roofing tile profile is emerging at the environs of the gabled modern and contemporary home styles as part of the single material use trend. Shake tiles are also in trend and for the first time they are related to modern, and contemporary style. Moreover, due to these new tile profiles the customers are more attracted towards getting trendy tiles due to their vibrant patterns.
Conclusion
As the macro level influences had a great impact on introducing new styles and material designs in 2021, but the contractors can not always rely on these predictions and views. It is fascinating how much they influence us and our industry and in our day to day projects. But the roofing contractors have much more to see other than the trends as they are the best advisors when it comes to the roofing material selection. They advise you according to your area and what trend will suit your place the best.
We hope this article helped you and gave you an insight about the new roofing trends in 2021. For more suggestions and queries comment under this article, so we can guide you better about the roofing trends and what suits your location the best.