Installing Solar Panels On Metal Roof

Installing solar panels on a standing seam metal roof is quite easy compared to a shingle roof.

Installing solar panels on metal roof.

Because there are so many types of roofs there are many different requirements to mount solar panels on them. Metal roofs have a life expectancy of more than 40 years. This post comes courtesy of trevor berrill. Within metal roofing materials alone there are a variety of profiles gauges metal types and considerations to take into account to properly install solar panels.

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. The concept of combining pv arrays with standing seam metal roofing is growing for good reasons. This is a bit more time consuming and there is always a. It is a honour to have him contribute to this humble blog.

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 solar mounting point is then bolted to the roof joist directly over the waterproof membrane and the solar flashing is laid over the mounting point and sealed to the underpan. Installing solar panels on interlocking metal shingles requires a waterproof membrane which quickmount calls an underpan placed directly on the sublayer of the roof underneath all the shingles.