Kenneth Cinque has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since January of 2020, when the roof and the solar array were bought on the same day. The roof went on first and the panels followed, both in the early spring of that year.
3,600 square feet, stripped to the deck
A single layer of old shingles came off down to the sheathing and left with the dumpster. Deck protection went over the exposed sheathing, then a GAF Timberline HDZ system carrying a 50-year warranty, aluminum drip edge along 338 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys, and a ridge vent along the peak.
25 panels and 8 kW
Twenty-five Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO panels at 320 watts each came to 8 kW on Ecolibrium Solar mounting, running into a SolarEdge SE6000H inverter with an optimizer on every panel. JCP&L is the utility and the first year was designed for about 9,333 kWh.
All-black modules, and why they suit a new roof
These are the black-backsheet panels: black frame, black background behind the cells, instead of the usual silver frame and white grid. It changes nothing about what the array produces and a good deal about how the house reads from the street. It is worth settling at the same time as the shingles rather than afterwards, because the two are seen together and only one of them can be chosen twice.
Why the roof went first
An array is bolted to a roof for twenty-five years and more, so shingles at the end of their life underneath one become a second job with a date already on them — panels off, roof on, panels back. Buying both together settled that in advance. The panels went down onto a deck that had been stripped, seen and covered properly, under a 50-year system, and nothing beneath them will need attention while they are there.
Why Lincroft homeowners choose Green Sun Energy Services
One company designs the roof and solar system together, so there is no finger-pointing between a roofer and a solar installer.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- Roofing: installed as a GAF Certified Roofing Contractor (#CE28608), with a GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System like the one on this home. On this home: a new roof over 3,600 sq ft.
- Solar: design and installation supervised by a NABCEP-certified professional (#PVA-111016-016148), with SolarEdge optimizers on every panel so each one reports its own output. On this home: an 8 kW solar array of 25 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G5.1 320 panels, a SolarEdge SE6000H-US000NNC2 inverter and the Ecolibrium Solar mounting system.
- Warranty: backed by a 50-year roof warranty, a 5-year roofing workmanship warranty and a 10-year solar workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 32 completed roofing projects and 138 completed solar projects across Monmouth County and 92 roofing projects and 361 solar projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Lincroft
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 2 roof replacements and 5 featured solar projects in Lincroft. Lincroft, a community in Middletown Township, is served by JCP&L.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Lincroft, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- January 2020
Solar
- Manufacturer & model
- Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G5.1 320
- Panels
- 25
- System size
- 8.00 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE6000H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,333 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 98%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Workmanship warranty
- 10 years
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 3,600 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
Questions from Lincroft homeowners
SolarCan the old mounting hardware be reused after a reroof?
It depends on the manufacturer's requirements, the condition of the components and the warranty. The roof penetrations and weatherproofing components matter most, and a reroof is often the moment to replace the attachment and flashing rather than reinstall ageing roof-interface hardware.
SolarCan the system be switched on before the utility approves it?
A grid-connected system should not be placed into normal parallel operation until the utility has issued the required authorisation. Running it beforehand can breach the interconnection agreement and the utility's requirements.
RoofingWhat is roof flashing?
Flashing is metal or membrane used where the roof meets walls, chimneys, skylights, valleys, plumbing vents, and other transitions. Many roof leaks originate at flashing details rather than in the shingles themselves, which is why replacement work should address flashing carefully.
RoofingWhy is water running behind my gutter?
Possible causes include improper gutter position, roof-edge flashing problems, deterioration at the fascia, or water bypassing the gutter edge. The roof edge, the drip edge and the gutter should be evaluated together.
RoofingWhat should be included in a Lincroft roofing contract?
A good contract should identify the contractor, registration information, scope, materials, quantities or allowances, permits, cleanup, payment schedule, change-order process, warranties, start/completion expectations, and exclusions. New Jersey home-improvement rules also impose specific contract requirements, so a vague one-page estimate is not ideal.