What is the best color for iron sheets?

A good colour choice is to try and match the surrounding area, by using classic residential property colours like Terracotta Red or Anthracite Grey

What Colour Roofing Sheets Should You Choose?

There’s a lot to consider when choosing which roofing sheets you want for your property. You need to decide on the material you want them to be made from, the style, such as whether they should be corrugated or box profile and how the orientation of the property might affect the kind of roofing sheets you pick. But something you might overlook is the colour of the sheets.

At SBF INTERIORS AND OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS LIMITED, we have a number of fantastic colours for our roofing sheets, ranging from shades of green, blues, greys and reds. If you’ve decided what kind of sheets you need for your property, but don’t know which colour finish to go for, here’s how you can make that decision.

Take a look at the surrounding area that your property is situated in. Do trees, other buildings or farmlands surround it? The kind of scenery that surrounds the property can be a good indicator of the type of colours to go for so that it blends nicely into the area. For green areas covered by trees and foliage, Juniper Green or Olive Green roofing sheets can be a suitable choice. Or for rural areas, a muted grey or blues like Slate Blue or Slate Grey can add a nice contrast to the green that surrounds it.

Agricultural buildings look great with Van Dyke Brown or Terracotta Red, as these colours create the traditional, rustic look of these kinds of buildings. Greys and whites make an excellent choice for built-up areas full of buildings, so a property doesn’t stand out too starkly.

Buildings in conservation areas have different rules when it comes to making changes to the exterior and interior structure. Conservation areas protect the architectural and historic interest of a place, and every local authority in Kenya has at least one conservation area.

If your property is in a conservation area, you will likely need consent to alter the property, and possibly require Building Regulation approval. You should provide samples of your chosen roofing sheets to the appropriate organization so they can approve your plans. Colours play an important part in preserving original buildings, so selecting roofing sheets that match the colour of the unique property will give you a better chance of securing permission.