Anthony Vazzana has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2019, when the roof and the solar array were bought on the same day. The roof was finished on 25 May 2019 and the array a week later.
5,300 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 374 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys, and a ridge vent along the peak. Fifty-three hundred square feet is a large roof, and it came off and went back on in the six weeks between signing and finishing.
40 panels and 13 kW
Forty Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO panels at 325 watts each came to 13 kW on Ecolibrium Solar mounting, finished on 1 June 2019, running into a SolarEdge SE10000H inverter with an optimizer on every panel. JCP&L is the utility and the first year was designed for about 16,547 kWh, close to 1,270 kWh for every kilowatt installed.
What a large roof actually buys an array
Forty panels on 5,300 square feet is not dense coverage — there is roof left over, and that is the advantage rather than waste. On a small roof an array goes wherever it fits, and some of it inevitably ends up on a face that is second-best. On a roof this size the panels can be placed only where the design wants them: the faces with the right aspect and the fewest obstructions, with the awkward slopes simply left empty. The production figure reflects it. Room to choose is worth more than room to fill.
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. Forty panels makes that a serious piece of scheduling. Seven days of sequencing meant it never has to be scheduled, and the array went down onto a deck that had been stripped, seen and covered properly.
Why Freehold 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 5,300 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: a 13 kW solar array of 40 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO-G5.325 panels, a SolarEdge SE10000H-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 91 roofing projects and 360 solar projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Freehold
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 4 roof replacements and 9 featured solar projects in Freehold. Freehold is served by JCP&L.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Freehold, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- April 2019
Solar
- Manufacturer & model
- Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO-G5.325
- Panels
- 40
- System size
- 13.00 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE10000H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 16,547 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 92%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Workmanship warranty
- 10 years
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 5,300 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
Questions from Freehold homeowners
SolarDoes the electric meter get changed?
The utility has to provide metering capable of properly measuring the electricity delivered to and received from a net-metered customer. Which meter that is, and how it gets swapped, varies by utility.
SolarDo solar panels lose output as they age?
Modules normally lose a small amount of maximum output over time. Manufacturers publish a long-term performance warranty setting out how much of the rated output should remain after a given number of years. It is worth comparing the actual warranty curve rather than the headline number of years.
RoofingCan new gutters be color matched to my house?
Aluminum gutter systems are available in multiple factory-finished colors, so homeowners can coordinate them with fascia, trim, siding or roof color. Exact color availability depends on the supplied product line.
RoofingIs the old roof removed before the new one goes on?
A complete tear-off down to the deck is the approach worth insisting on. It is the only way to inspect the actual sheathing, the old flashing and the underlayment, and to find water damage before it is sealed under a new roof. It also avoids adding another layer of weight to the structure.
RoofingDo I need gutter guards in Freehold, NJ?
They can reduce routine debris buildup, especially on wooded properties, but no system eliminates all maintenance. The best guard depends on roof slope, tree type, gutter size, and the homeowner's expectations.