Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

lazza

HI Forum

Back again, had to get married and was rather busy .

Anyway we've got our first installation as a new small company here in southern Spain.

We are trying to improve a poorly designed and installed installation. We will be adding 6 kyocera 120W panels to the array with an additional 60A regulator.

My question is what are the best methods for integrating solar panels in a tiled roof?

As you can see from the picture, the previous installation is done in a pretty ugly fashion, and we intend to integrate the new ones more aesthetically into the roof.

Any guidance much appreciated

Thanks
Larry

ggunn

Re: Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

lazza wrote: »

HI Forum

Back again, had to get married and was rather busy .

Anyway we've got our first installation as a new small company here in southern Spain.

We are trying to improve a poorly designed and installed installation. We will be adding 6 kyocera 120W panels to the array with an additional 60A regulator.

My question is what are the best methods for integrating solar panels in a tiled roof?

As you can see from the picture, the previous installation is done in a pretty ugly fashion, and we intend to integrate the new ones more aesthetically into the roof.

Any guidance much appreciated

Thanks
Larry

I take it that there is never any wind at the site of that installation. Wait, isn't that a little wind turbine in the background? ;^)

There are companies that produce racking mounts for tile roofs, but it's not cheaply or easily done. I googled "PV racking tile roof" and came up with several hits, but I have no firsthand experience with any of them.

Good luck.

mike95490

Re: Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

Buy spare tiles before starting ! And if the underlayment (tar paper) is +20 years old, maybe it's worth doing that replacement before you put panels on . Tile is just not very easy.

newenergy

Re: Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

I'm know there are some European companies that make tile mounts. I use QuickmountPV or Prosolar, but they may not be available.

From the looks of it those are pretty fragile clay tiles and yeah buy extra, but we will also commonly remove the tile in the section under the array, install comp shingle and the put tiles back around the array. But, that doesn't seem worth it for such a small array.

SessionMan

Re: Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

With tile roofs like that you definitely need to pay special attention to the flashing. Using either Creotecc tile hooks or quickmount curved tile flashing would be the best bet.
Here is a good video of an installation for a slightly different style of tile.

http://www.sessionsolar.com/videos/creomount-animated-install.html

BB.

Re: Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

SessionMan,

That was a very nice video on tile roof installations.

Thank you,
-Bill

SessionMan

Re: Integration of Panels into Tiled Roof

You are quite welcome, I actually work for the company who made the video, though I'm posting out of personal desire to see solar succeed. I do design support for large systems as well as designing our new line of product.