Andrew from Belford, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2025. Both jobs were signed on the same day and built six days apart, roof first.
A new roof
GAF Timberline Lifetime shingle, finished in September of 2025, taking in 280 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys. On a house this close to the bay the edges are the part that decides how a roof handles wind-driven rain, which is where the ice-and-water membrane goes.
12.9 kW of solar
Thirty Jinko 430-watt panels on IronRidge rail, finished at the end of September, with first-year production estimated at 14,192 kWh.
Six days between them
The array went onto decking with its full life ahead of it. Doing it the other way round means taking thirty panels off and putting them back, which is a job in its own right and one nobody plans for when they buy the array first.
Project Facts
- Location
- Belford, New Jersey
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- August 2025
Solar
- Panels
- Jinko Model # JKM430N-54HL4R-B
- System size
- 12.90 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- IronRidge
- Estimated first-year production
- 14,192 kWh
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 2,800 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
Questions from Belford homeowners
SolarAre panels designed for the wind near Belford?
Yes. The array and its mounting system have to be designed to resist the applicable wind loads, and coastal and exposed locations can carry different wind-design conditions from sheltered inland ones. It is one of the reasons the mounting system and its engineering are chosen for the site rather than by habit.
RoofingWhat does a lifetime roof warranty actually mean?
Lifetime is a defined warranty term, not a promise that every future roof expense is covered without limit. Coverage changes over the years and carries eligibility rules, exclusions, a claims procedure and proration provisions. The written warranty is the thing to read; the word on the brochure is not the coverage.
SolarWhat is a microinverter and why use one per panel?
A microinverter is a small inverter installed at or near an individual module, so each panel converts on its own channel. That gives module-level visibility and limits the effect one underperforming panel has on the others around it.