Can You Have Roofing Maintenance With Solar Panels?
Solar panels are helpful because they'll drive down your utility costs in Golden, CO. With a long-term roofing material, you're looking at decades of huge energy savings. But, if your solar panels get damaged during maintenance, it would cost you almost all the savings you've made by investing in solar panels.
Fortunately, specialist solar panel installation and roofing specialists fully understand the demands of maintaining roofs with a set of solar panels installed on them. It's true that your roofing specialist team will have to remove the entire solar panel system completely, but most modern solar panels from the best manufacturers require only the most basic hand tools to remove them. Plus, you're still covered under warranty if you're working with a roofer that installed your solar panel set, such as Roper Roofing & Solar.
In addition, the risk of damages and problematic repair is minimal when maintaining and removing solar panels from your roof because they're lightweight and easily removed from the area by careful and fully-experienced solar panel installation teams.
Urban Solar has a great, in-depth post about maintaining your roof with a solar panel at the same time.
Bolt-on, Bolt-off Panel Mounting
Most modern solar panels are installed using simple, straightforward mounting systems that require basic hand tools to affix the panel to the roof.
This makes removing them from the roof a lot faster and easier than you might think. Granted, it’s going to take a little more time to complete the panel removal process before your roof undergoes repair, but for most roofing professionals and solar installers, this is a minor extra step that doesn’t add a significant amount of delay to the roof repair timeline.
Furthermore, the two-wire cabling that runs from the panel to the inverter or junction box is easily detached from the panel using a waterproof termination connector. This further reduces the amount of time required to remove the panel, store it safely during repair, and replace it after the repairs are complete.
The Cost Comparison
Let’s compare the panel removal cost that might be added to a traditional roof repair with the cost of having the panels installed in the first place.
Even with liberal cost estimates, we quickly find that the amount of money that is saved on reduced electricity bills (20% or more, in most cases) more than compensates for the marginal fee that might be charged by the roofer.
All of this being considered, if you do have the chance to get your roof repaired before having solar panels installed, it’s advisable to do so. (Continue Reading Here)
If you have yet to find excellent roofing maintenance and solar panel installation specialists, you can always count on us at Roper Roofing & Solar. Contact us today to learn more about everything that we can do for you.
