Roof, Solar, Generator and Seasonal Services in Middletown, NJ | Six Projects Since 2019

Middletown, NJ · Client since August 2019

Judith from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2019. Three contracts were signed on the same day that August and three crews came through before the year was out; she has been back twice since, for work of a completely different kind.

A new roof, two layers off, and 192 feet of gutters

Two layers came off down to the plywood rather than a third going on over them – the right call whenever solar is following, because nobody wants to find soft decking after the panels are already up. Two thousand five hundred square feet of GAF Timberline HDZ in pewter gray went on in a single day, warranted fifty years, on a gable roof at a 6:12 pitch with its intake ventilation already in place. A hundred and ninety-two feet of gutters and leaders went on at the same time. That is not an afterthought when an array is going up the following week: gutters are fixed to the fascia the panels’ edge sits above, and doing them afterwards means a second crew working around a live system.

36 panels and 12.06 kW

Thirty-six LG modules on a SolarEdge inverter, estimated at 12,988 kilowatt hours in the first year. The array also got 155 feet of critter guard. The sheltered gap beneath a panel array is an inviting place for a squirrel to nest, and closing it while the crew is still on the roof costs a fraction of what evicting something and repairing the wiring costs afterwards.

A 10 kW Generac on a ten-circuit switch

The generator went on its own pad with a ten-circuit transfer switch – a nominated-circuits arrangement rather than a whole-house one, which is the sensible size when the object is to keep the heat, the refrigerator and the essentials running rather than to make an outage invisible. It has been on one of our monitored plans ever since: annual maintenance plus remote monitoring that Green Sun runs directly, so a fault reports itself rather than waiting to be found during the next storm.

Multicolored C9 lights

In 2024 she added C9 lights along the roofline. C9 is the large traditional bulb, and multicolored rather than warm white – a choice that needs a clean, uninterrupted eave line to look deliberate rather than busy, which is what a roof replaced five years earlier gives you.

Soft washing the siding

In 2026 the siding was soft washed. Soft washing is low pressure and a cleaning solution rather than a pressure washer, and on a house that already carries an array and a lighting run it is the only method that does not put at risk what is fastened to the roof.

What holding all five together buys

Every one of these decisions was made knowing what else was on the house. The roof went on before the panels rather than under them; the critter guard went on with the array rather than after a problem; the lighting crew works on a roofline we shingled ourselves and knows what is beneath it; and the soft wash was specified around an array a pressure washer would have damaged. That is the practical argument for one contractor across several trades – not the paperwork, but the fact that each job is designed around the ones already there.

Great! Glen and the team took care of every detail with efficiency and professionalism.

Why Judith chose 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.

A professionally designed holiday display without climbing a single ladder.

Clean the cause, not just the surface, without blasting your home with unnecessary pressure.

Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.

What makes Green Sun Energy Services different

• Holiday lighting: custom-designed displays with LED lights, installed, looked after through the season, then taken down and stored in labeled containers. On this home: a holiday lighting display.
• 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 2,500 sq ft.
• Soft washing: cleaned by a team trained in soft washing, using the right cleaning solution and low pressure for each surface. Fully licensed and insured. On this home: a soft wash of 3,960 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 12.06 kW solar array of 36 LG 335N1K-V5 panels, a SolarEdge SE10000H-US000NNC2 inverter, the Ecolibrium Solar mounting system and 155 ft of critter guard.
• Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 7171 standby generator (10 kW LP / 9 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 100-amp transfer switch (essential circuits/nema-1r (indoor)) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
• Warranty: backed by a 50-year roof warranty, a 5-year roofing workmanship warranty, a 15-year solar workmanship warranty and a 5-year generator workmanship warranty.
• Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 20 completed holiday lighting projects, 32 completed roofing projects, 41 completed soft wash projects, 138 completed solar projects and 444 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 21 holiday lighting projects, 92 roofing projects, 46 soft wash projects, 361 solar projects and 621 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.

Our work in Middletown

Green Sun Energy Services has completed 5 holiday lighting displays, 5 roof replacements, 10 soft washes, 10 featured solar projects, 72 standby generator installations and 120 generator service customers in Middletown. Middletown, a township on Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in Monmouth County, is served by JCP&L.

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Thinking about a new roof, solar, a standby generator, a soft wash, or holiday lighting for your Middletown home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.

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Questions from Middletown homeowners

Soft washingWhat is soft washing?

An exterior cleaning method that does most of its work with cleaning solution and time rather than with water pressure. The solution is applied at low pressure, left to act on algae, mildew, moss, lichen, pollen and atmospheric grime, and then rinsed off at a pressure the material can take. The chemistry does the cleaning; the water only carries it away.

Soft washingCan a wood deck be soft washed?

Yes. Soft washing or carefully controlled low pressure removes growth and dirt with much less risk to the wood fibres. Too much pressure leaves permanent wand marks, raised grain and splintering. The species, the age, whatever stain or sealer is on it and any existing deterioration all change the approach.

SolarWhat is rapid shutdown?

A code safety requirement intended to reduce hazardous voltage in controlled areas of a rooftop array during an emergency -- so that firefighters are not working around energised conductors. Modern residential systems achieve it with compliant module-level electronics and listed inverter equipment.

SolarAre panels designed for the wind near Middletown?

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.

SolarWhich direction should the panels face?

South-facing roof planes generally give excellent annual production, but east and west can be very productive too. The design should compare the modelled annual production of each available plane rather than rejecting anything that is not due south.

RoofingHow many layers of shingles can a roof have?

The residential code limits reroofing over existing roofing, including where the roof already carries the maximum number of layers permitted. The municipal permit review and a physical inspection settle what is acceptable on a particular house rather than a general rule.

RoofingCan too many roof vents cause problems?

Yes. Mixing incompatible exhaust systems can disrupt airflow and cause one vent to pull air through another instead of through the soffits. The goal is balanced intake and exhaust that follows the roof and attic design.

Holiday lightingCan Christmas lights be installed on gutters?

Yes. Non-penetrating clips can attach lights to many gutter styles. The installer should avoid damaging gutter edges, screens, or gutter guards and should account for snow and ice loads.

Holiday lightingWhat lights go on bushes and trees?

Commercial-grade LED mini lights, typically on strands with about four inches between bulbs — roughly three bulbs to a linear foot of strand. The spacing on the wire stays the same; how bright the plant looks is controlled by how tightly the strand is wrapped around it.

Standby generatorWill a larger gas meter be needed?

Possibly. A generator can significantly increase a home's maximum gas demand. If the existing meter or service cannot hold the required pressure while supplying the generator and the other appliances together, the gas utility may require an upgrade.

Standby generatorDoes a generator produce less on natural gas than on propane?

Some models do have a lower rated maximum output on natural gas than on propane -- a current 22 kW machine is rated 22 kW on LP and 21 kW on natural gas. Other models carry their own ratings, so the model-specific specification sheet is what settles it rather than a general rule.