Ballast System Solar Panels

Labor costs increase if your home has multiple stories skylights dormers or a problematic 45 roof pitch.

Ballast system solar panels. 1 universal rail less system installs fast fits any module thickness. Ecofoot2 leads the ballasted solar racking market with a fast simple installation process. The ballast blocks are placed into position prior to mounting purlin rails and mounting the solar panels. Completely assembled ballast blocks.

The non penetrating ballast flat roof solar mounting system can easily be used as a ground mount solar pv mounting system. On low sloped flatter rooftops many building owners don t want to poke holes through the roof. A solar panel mount or solar racking system is the foundation that holds your solar array in place. Ballast is a common alternative used on solar installations unable to penetrate either the roof or the ground.

A standard 6 kw system with 20 to 25 panels costs about 1 600 for solar installation labor before applying the 30 federal solar rebate. A ballasted flat roof solar mounting hardware does not require any roof penetrations for mounting the solar panels. A ballasted mount offers all the benefits of solar panels without the impact to your roof. That s because solar ballasts aren t attached to roof rafters the way most solar panel installations are.

Published on jul 21 2017 this high density commercial ballasted power rail solar mounting system is designed to install fast and provide a secure mounting structure for framed modules. Instead they sit directly on top cemented to the surface with concrete blocks. Temperamental ground mounts have some of the same concerns. With proper installation a sturdy mount secures your panels in harsh weather and protects your investment.

Solar arrays installed on top of landfill caps cannot penetrate that liner. Solar ballast innovations expand non penetrating array opportunities by billy ludt march 20 2019 ballasts are the heavy non penetrating solution to installing solar where installers use concrete blocks to mount arrays instead of making holes in rooftops or screwing into the ground.