Installation Options For Every Home

An assortment of installation options to fit your project.

Sol Luna Solar is highly skilled at performing a wide array of solar installation applications. We offer superior ground work with limited disturbance to the land for our ground mount systems. Our roof installation ranks highest for our care in making penetrations when necessary. Clients are confident in our ability to engineer systems that can be supported by the structure they are installed upon and meet the necessary safety requirements for wind load and system weight.
We offer several installations including: Ground Mount (fixed tilt and axis tilt systems), Carport design and installations, Flat Roof, Composite Shingle,  Standing Seam Metal, and Rolled Roofing.

Our workmanship and attention to proper design, safety, and best construction practices mean your project will be DONE RIGHT!

Roof Mounted Grid Tied Solar Installation

For safety, efficiency, and longevity, Solar panels are not simply laid on the roof. Considerations for wind load and weight must be taken in order to provide effective solutions that will not cause damage to the existing home or business.

Solar panels are mounted to the roof using ‘racking’. There are many different types of Solar racking solutions. Choosing the right racking is dependent upon the type of roof that the modules will be installed upon. Most racking is made of durable aluminum. Rails are used to hold the solar panels, while additional components are used to anchor the rails to the roof or to provide ballast for the flat roof application.

Wind Speed and Snow Load Considerations

Solar installations are installed to withstand wind speeds for your specific area. Based on your location requirements, historical data, and engineering, your solar installer will design a system to meet wind specifications. In order to ensure that modules withstand strong winds and storms, we install systems using racking that either lags into the rafters (penetration required), anchors to the roof seam, or is ballasted using bricks to hold the array in place.

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Composite Shingle

Also known as asphalt shingle, composite materials are some of the most widely used roofing materials in the United States. Shingle roofs consist of individual pieces of roofing material that overlaps one another. Composite Shingles are great for pitched roofs, but are less effective at lower angles, as water does not dissipate off the roof as easily; creating standing water and the seepage.

Preventing Leaks: In order to prevent leakage with this type of roof installation, our solar installers use a multiple layered defense to protect the homeowner’s assets:

  1. Rubber gaskets and washers are secured on the lag bolt and aluminum feet. The rubber gaskets prevent water from entering the penetration location where the lag bolt was drilled into the roof rafters.
  2. Metal flashings are placed over each penetration and placed partially underneath the roof shingle above to divert water away from the hole. Sealant is placed around the hole or penetration to further diver water away.
  3. The lag bolt and penetration is then filled with a waterproof sealant.
Standing Seam Sheet Metal

Commercial Buildings, barns, and homes all use standing seam metal roofs. When solar panels are attached to the a sheet metal roof, there are no penetrations made into the frame of the house itself.

Instead of bolting to rafters, the connections are made directly to the seam that runs up the roof using a small clamp that is tightened down by the solar installer. Some penetrations may still need to be made to run electrical conduit for the system’s wiring, but the penetrations will be far less than other pitched roof materials.

Rolled Roofing

Rolled roofing is typically used on flatter roofs (less pitch). Water has a harder time draining from the roof’s surface (compared to Composite or Standing Seam roofs). Similar to composite roofs, anchors are usually bolted directly through the roofing material into the rafters. Instead of metal flashing, installers use roofing cement to bond a piece of roofing material where the metal flashing would have gone on the roof. The anchors are surrounded by the pieces of roofing material and are partially covered with roofing cement.

Flat Roof

By far the easiest roof when it comes to preventing leakage, as there are NO penetrations. Traditional southwest style flat roofs consist of tar and gravel, modified Bitumen, or rubber membranes. Instead of anchoring through the roof or to the surface, solar panels are weighted down by what is called a Ballasted system.

The modules are still attached to aluminum racking, but rather than having anchor bolts to secure the modules to the roof, there are trays. These trays hold a calculated number of bricks to offset the weight of the system, wind loads, and so on.

Composite Shingle
Composite Shingle

Also known as asphalt shingle, composite materials are some of the most widely used roofing materials in the United States. Shingle roofs consist of individual pieces of roofing material that overlaps one another. Composite Shingles are great for pitched roofs, but are less effective at lower angles, as water does not dissipate off the roof as easily; creating standing water and the seepage.

Preventing Leaks: In order to prevent leakage with this type of roof installation, our solar installers use a multiple layered defense to protect the homeowner’s assets:

  1. Rubber gaskets and washers are secured on the lag bolt and aluminum feet. The rubber gaskets prevent water from entering the penetration location where the lag bolt was drilled into the roof rafters.
  2. Metal flashings are placed over each penetration and placed partially underneath the roof shingle above to divert water away from the hole. Sealant is placed around the hole or penetration to further diver water away.
  3. The lag bolt and penetration is then filled with a waterproof sealant.
Standing Seam Sheet Metal
Standing Seam Sheet Metal

Commercial Buildings, barns, and homes all use standing seam metal roofs. When solar panels are attached to the a sheet metal roof, there are no penetrations made into the frame of the house itself.

Instead of bolting to rafters, the connections are made directly to the seam that runs up the roof using a small clamp that is tightened down by the solar installer. Some penetrations may still need to be made to run electrical conduit for the system’s wiring, but the penetrations will be far less than other pitched roof materials.

Rolled Roofing
Rolled Roofing

Rolled roofing is typically used on flatter roofs (less pitch). Water has a harder time draining from the roof’s surface (compared to Composite or Standing Seam roofs). Similar to composite roofs, anchors are usually bolted directly through the roofing material into the rafters. Instead of metal flashing, installers use roofing cement to bond a piece of roofing material where the metal flashing would have gone on the roof. The anchors are surrounded by the pieces of roofing material and are partially covered with roofing cement.

Flat Roof
Flat Roof

By far the easiest roof when it comes to preventing leakage, as there are NO penetrations. Traditional southwest style flat roofs consist of tar and gravel, modified Bitumen, or rubber membranes. Instead of anchoring through the roof or to the surface, solar panels are weighted down by what is called a Ballasted system.

The modules are still attached to aluminum racking, but rather than having anchor bolts to secure the modules to the roof, there are trays. These trays hold a calculated number of bricks to offset the weight of the system, wind loads, and so on.

WHO WILL YOU LET MAKE PENETRATIONS IN YOUR ROOF?

Prevent roof leaks caused by solar equipment mounting.

Choose New Mexico’s only trusted Solar installer with decades of building expertise, Sol Luna Solar.

Ground Mount and Carport Installation

We work hard to leave no trace when installing our ground mount systems. All of our ground mount solar installations and carports are supported by concrete forms that support the weight and load of the solar array. We build the forms at our shop in Dixon, New Mexico and transport them to the worksite; ensuring proper leveling and concrete work when the forms are poured. Customer can be confident that the concrete work we do to support your solar system is the highest quality in the industry.

Customers will be amazed at our attention to the landscape. We work closely with the client to ensure the lease amount of disruption by our equipment and digging processes. Our customers concerns are met in a timely manner and we assist our clients in removing shade issues and replanting when necessary to ensure the landscape remains undisturbed.

In addition, our crew members are conscious of their individual footprint on each project and maintain the highest level of care when removing debris and trash generated from the project installation.