Tyrone Crews has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2022, when the array was signed and the roof followed five days later. The roof was finished on 31 August 2022 and the panels went on the following morning.
Two layers off, 2,300 square feet on
This roof had been covered over once already, so two layers of old shingle came off down to the sheathing rather than one. Deck protection went over the exposed sheathing, then a GAF Timberline HDZ system in Charcoal carrying a 50-year warranty, aluminum drip edge along 204 feet of rakes and eaves, and a ridge vent along the peak.
The sun room roof was left out, and said so
The contract states in as many words that the sun room roof is not included. That is a small line and it is the right way to write a roofing job. A sun room is usually a different structure with a different deck, a different pitch and often a different material, and quietly folding it into a shingle contract is how a household ends up either with an unexpected extra or with a section nobody agreed who was doing. Naming the exclusion up front means everyone knew, on the day of signing, exactly which roof was being replaced.
22 panels and 8.14 kW
Twenty-two REC 370 watt panels came to 8.14 kW on Snap-N-Rack mounting, finished on 1 September 2022, running into a SolarEdge SE7600H HD Wave inverter with an optimizer on every panel. PSE&G is the utility and the first year was designed for about 10,745 kWh — a little over 1,300 kWh for every kilowatt installed, which is a well-oriented and largely unshaded roof.
One day between the two crews
Roofers off on the Wednesday, solar crew on the Thursday. That is as tightly as these two jobs can be run and it only happens when they are sold together: one survey, one set of drawings, one inspection schedule, and a roofing crew that knew where every array mount was going before the first shingle went down. Sold separately, the same two jobs are two surveys, two permits and a gap measured in months — with the array going onto whatever the roof happens to be at the time.
Project Facts
- Location
- Piscataway, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2022
Solar
- Panels
- REC Model # REC370AA-PURE
- Panels
- 22
- System size
- 8.14 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 10,745 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 100%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 2,300 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
Questions from Piscataway homeowners
RoofingWhat should a Piscataway 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.
SolarShould the system cover 100 percent of annual usage?
Often that is an attractive target, but it is not automatically the best design. Roof area, shading, the financing structure, future electricity use, equipment size, utility limits and roof condition all bear on it. A 90 to 95 percent offset on an excellent roof can be a better system than one forced onto shaded surfaces to reach a round number.
RoofingWhat is Hydro-Flo made from?
Hydro-Flo identifies its system as stainless-steel mesh supported by aluminum. Its current manufacturer materials describe stainless-steel mesh and 3105-alloy aluminum in the gutter-guard construction.