Sean from Monroe Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2021. The roof and the array were sold a day apart and built a week apart, roof first.
A new roof
About 4,400 square feet of GAF Timberline Lifetime shingle, stripped and replaced in September of 2021, taking in 370 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys. That is a large roof by any measure, and the edge footage is the part that decides how it handles driven rain and ice at the gutter line.
9.49 kW of solar
Twenty-six LG 365-watt panels on an Ecolibrium Solar mounting system, finished in September of 2021, with first-year production estimated at 12,766 kWh.
Seven days between them
One crew off, the next crew on. Doing it in that order and that close together meant one set of scaffolding decisions, one set of permits running in parallel, and an array sitting on decking with its whole life ahead of it rather than on a roof that would need stripping in a few years.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monroe Township, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2021
Solar
- Panels
- LG Model # 365N1K-A6
- Panels
- 26
- System size
- 9.49 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 12,766 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 100%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 4,400 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
Questions from Monroe Township homeowners
RoofingWhat should a Monroe Township homeowner look for in a roofing contractor?
One that treats the roof, its flashings, its ventilation and its drainage as connected parts rather than as shingles with extras. That means the age and condition of the existing roof, the decking, how many layers are on it, the slope, the manufacturer's installation requirements, ice and water protection, underlayment, starter strips, drip edge, valleys, chimney and step flashing, pipe boots, skylights, ridge caps, attic ventilation and soffit intake, low-slope sections, sheathing replacement, the code requirements and permits, which warranties actually apply and what they cover, gutter size, pitch, downspout capacity and discharge, the fascia, gutter protection, whether solar is coming later, protecting the landscaping, the cleanup and proof of insurance. The wrong question is the price per square. The right one is exactly what is being installed, from the deck up, and what written protection stands behind it.
SolarHow does an optimizer system differ from microinverters?
An optimizer system puts DC power optimizers at the modules and a single central inverter elsewhere; a microinverter system puts a small inverter at each module. Both can provide module-level monitoring and rapid shutdown when properly designed -- they are different architectures rather than one being the upgrade of the other.
RoofingWhat are seamless gutters?
Gutters formed on site from continuous aluminium coil, so a long run has no field joints along its length. There are still joints at corners, end caps, outlets and downspout transitions, but removing the unnecessary seams removes the leak points that go with them. Pitch, fastening and downspout capacity still have to be right.