How To Install Solar Panels On Metal Roof

Your solar installation will be faster labor reduced and you don t need to worry about your roof being penetrated and water getting in.

How to install solar panels on metal roof.

On a shingle roof panels are typically mounted to rails that are then lag bolted through the roof where they must hit into the trusses in the attic. The shingles must be removed to attach the mounting hardware to the roof then the layers of shingles and flashing are installed with holes to allow the attachment point to stick out. This post comes courtesy of trevor berrill. It is a honour to have him contribute to this humble blog.

Trevor is principal of solaris sustainable homes and is a 30 year veteran of both renewable energy and energy efficiency. Installing solar panels on a standing seam metal roof is quite easy compared to a shingle roof. To install solar on batten mounted metal shingles you need to sandwich the solar flashing between two layers of metal shingles. Standing seam metal roofs have rails the seams built right in ready for direct attachment of solar panels this integrated and cost free feature makes solar mounting quick and convenient.

In this way no holes need to be drilled into your roof. See image to the left. Here trevor describes how a good solar installer should install solar panels to a metal roof and how bad installers in a hurry can do the wrong thing and leave you with a. Drip side or drip cap is either plastic or sheet steel.

This is a bit more time consuming and there is always a. Mount roll roof when the temperature goes to least 50 degrees fahrenheit to keep the material from fracturing. It not just safeguards the roofing system however it also secures the fascia and also the house siding from water seepage.