Solutions for every roof
Our in-house design and engineering team can create a solution for every type of roof, no matter how problematic it may first appear.
Whether your roof is flat or pitched, tiled or corrugated – or if you’d like to make use of spare land with a ground-mounted system – we’ll take a wide range of factors into account to source and install the most appropriate mounting system.
After a full site survey, we’ll consider the type and construction of your roof, the weight of the complete PV system, any restriction on budget, the model of panels used and the aesthetics of the building. We work with the best suppliers and can even design and build bespoke systems from scratch. We’ll also take care of the necessary planning applications.
Pitched roofs
Mounting systems for pitched roofs are generally more straightforward, as the roof itself will elevate the panels to a suitable angle. Systems consist of hooks or brackets plus rails, and it’s often more cost efficient to mount the panels in a portrait orientation, so less railing is required.
Flat roofs
Installing on flat roofs require a frame system to hold the panels at the optimum angle for absorbing light. Some systems are fixed using timber upstands on the roof, some use a lightweight stand which is weighed down with ballast – avoiding the need to penetrate the roof – and some are bonded to the roof and secured via aerodynamic pressure.
Tile and slate
The majority of our domestic installations are on tiled or slated roofs, and here we’d use the same principles on a much larger scale. Roof anchors screw into the rafters and are mostly hidden by the tiles. Aluminium bars are attached to the anchors using a specially engineered locking system to ensure there’s no movement, then the panels are mounted on top and attached by clamps.
Ground mounted
A ground-mounted system is ideal if you don’t have a good-sized south-facing roof, or if you’d like to maximise the value of underused or poor-quality land. We can work with most ground types, and panels can be mounted to face exactly south, at the optimum angle.