Mounting Solar Panels On Metal Roof

For solar installers most familiar with comp shingle or tile roofs encountering a metal roof can be challenging.

Mounting solar panels on metal roof.

A rackless mounting kit and an l foot kit for use with racking systems. Panel mounts clamp to the seam without penetrations. Our solar panel mounting kits are available in two varieties. These screws typically have a gasket on them for waterproofing.

With shingles the solar racking is attached with feet that are bolted through the shingles into the sheathing underneath. Both kits utilize identical roofing clamps to secure panels to the seams of metal roofing panels. The shingles must be removed to attach the mounting hardware to the roof then the layers of shingles and flashing are installed with holes to allow the attachment point to stick out. Use the right self drilling screws.

If the structure has a standing seam roof solar installation is somewhat easier. Aceclamp precision engineered metal roof solar mounting systems. Roll insulation under many metal roofs is already crushed at the cross beams and further fastening is an not issue. Besides just the many different types of metal there are also different metal roofing systems.

To install solar on batten mounted metal shingles you need to sandwich the solar flashing between two layers of metal shingles. I have solar panel on my corrugated metal roof and not sure if the solar panel roof mounting is to blame as the rubber on top of the bolt is not covering the whole bolt head however there is a rubber between the corrugated sheet and bracket.