Solar Roof Mounts

Rooftop solar panel mounts provide a solid foundation to help secure your solar panels to your roof. This low-profile solution mounts solar panels flush with the roofline, offering a convenient space-saving solution for people who don't have room to build a system elsewhere on their property.

Roof-Mount Solar Panel Racking Systems

When you go solar, you'll need to build a solar panel mount to secure your solar panels in place. Solar mounts (also called "solar racking systems") typically consist of metal beams, anchors, and screws to create a solid foundation for your solar panels.

Rooftop solar panel mounts take advantage of the existing structure of your house to support the weight of your solar panels. Anchors are typically fastened to your roof's support beams, which hold the solar panels in place.

Panels are typically installed flush, or parallel to the angle of the roof. Although Tilt and Ballasted mounts exist to change the tilt angle on rooftop mounts, they're most often used on commercial buildings with flat rooftops.

Advantages of Rooftop Solar

Rooftop solar is the default pick for most homeowners simply because there is no other space on the property to install solar panels. If you're fortunate enough to have a choice between roof or ground mounts, there are a few reasons why rooftop solar may still be appealing.

Lower Costs

Rooftop solar mounts use fewer racking materials, since they are able to take advantage of your roof's existing support beams to serve as a solid foundation for your panels. As a result, rooftop systems are typically cheaper and simpler to install.

Southern Exposure

In some cases, your rooftop may already be configured well enough that building a dedicated mount for your panels simply isn't necessary. Solar panels are most efficient when they face directly South. If you have a South-facing roof with enough space for solar panels, it will essentially match the production of a ground mount system, but at a much lower cost.

We recommend that most people take advantage of the convenience of rooftop solar if their roof is suitable for it.

Permitting

Depending on the jurisdictions, it may be easier to permit a rooftop solar system. Ground mounts can sometimes be classified as a new construction project, which involves a more complicated permitting process. This is entirely dependent on location, but there may be cases where rooftop solar can simplify the permitting process and avoid delays.