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Originally Posted by E_ri_k
Hi Gary, I had this problem to, temperatures inside got so hot, it could actually hurt my hand to hold it on the mount for too long. This was my solution, its not pretty but it works surprisingly good, better than I expected.
I had some spare silver insulation left over from a renovation, which I duct taped to the roof. It has gone from unbearably hot, to quite bearable. It still gets quite warm on a 35 degree day, but nothing like it used to. Touching the roof from the inside actually feels quite cool, compared to the walls which are like a frying pan!
Erik
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Double skinning the roof and maybe the North facing wall is the way to go. Air gap circulation will remove a lot of heat. The good old Landrover had a double skinned roof and airgap for just that reason. When I rebuilt my Ob roof after it's second demise in the wind I was almost going to use the thin corrugated panels as an extra top skin but our temps over here aren't quite as extreme and it wasn't really necessary.
Planting shrubs along the North wall and possibly the East\West walls would also provide a shade\air gap. Might please the wife as well to have it prettied up a bit.