Steven from Burlington Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2020. Two jobs three years apart, in the order that saves the second one.
A new roof
About 2,900 square feet of GAF Timberline Lifetime shingle, finished in June of 2020, taking in 282 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys – the edges and the water channels, where a roof leaks first.
9.6 kW of solar
Twenty-four Hanwha Q CELLS 400-watt black-frame panels on a Snap-N-Rack mounting system, finished in July of 2023, with first-year production estimated at 13,431 kWh. The job took in 110 feet of critter guard around the perimeter.
Three years is not too long a gap
The usual advice is roof first, and this is what it looks like when the two are years apart rather than weeks. The array went onto decking three years into its life rather than thirty, so nothing on this roof will need taking apart to get at anything else for a very long time. Buying them together is tidier; buying them in the right order is what actually matters.
Project Facts
- Location
- Burlington Township, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2020
Solar
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # QCELL Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML G10+ 400
- Panels
- 24
- System size
- 9.60 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 13,431 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 97%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 110 ft
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 2,900 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
Questions from Burlington Township homeowners
SolarWhich utility handles interconnection in Burlington Township?
The electric distribution company that serves the property. In New Jersey that is Jersey Central Power & Light, PSE&G, Atlantic City Electric or Rockland Electric depending on the address, and municipal electric systems can have their own requirements.
RoofingWhy is a roof more than its shingles?
Because the visible shingles are one layer in an assembly that has to work together: the structural deck, the leak barrier, the underlayment, drip-edge flashing, starter shingles, the field shingles, the flashings, the pipe boots, the ventilation and the ridge caps. A weakness at any one of those creates a water problem even when the shingles themselves are in excellent condition.
SolarAre panels designed for the wind near Burlington Township?
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.