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Solar and Energy Solutions in Kent

Solar only makes sense on a roof that is sound underneath it. The covering and the structure are surveyed first, then panels are installed, maintained and bird proofed across Kent.

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Solar panels and roof energy efficiency

Solar only makes sense on a roof that is sound underneath it. Panels add weight, the mounting hooks fix through the covering into the rafters, and an array has a working life measured in decades. Putting one on a roof with five years left in it means paying to take it off and put it back.

Installation

The covering and the structure are surveyed before an array is quoted. That includes the battens, which are the usual limiting factor on older roofs, and the orientation and shading, because a chimney or a mature tree shading part of an array reduces output across more of it than most people expect.

Maintenance and repairs

Output drops when panels are soiled or shaded, and mounting points loosen over time. Our approved roofers service existing arrays whoever installed them, and we look at the roof around the array as well as the array itself, because a loose fixing is a leak waiting to happen.

Bird proofing

The gap under a solar array is sheltered and warm and is almost exactly what a pigeon is looking for. Nesting there blocks the airflow the panels need for cooling, fouls the roof and blocks the gutters below. Mesh fitted around the perimeter stops it without shading the cells.

Insulation and ventilation

Insulation without ventilation causes condensation, and condensation rots the timbers it collects on. The two have to be specified together.

What We Do

Common Solar and Energy Solutions Jobs We Handle

  • Panel installation on pitched roofs

  • Checking the roof is sound before installing

  • Bird proofing to solar arrays

  • Panel cleaning and maintenance

  • Removing and refitting panels for roof work

  • Weatherproofing every roof penetration

Why book with us

Why Choose Us for Solar and Energy Solutions

  • Fast, Responsive Callouts

    We respond quickly across Kent and Medway, because a leaking roof does not wait. Emergency repairs are made safe first and finished properly afterwards, so a small problem never becomes a structural one.

  • Experienced, Skilled Roofers

    Work is carried out by approved Kent-based roofing specialists who have worked on local housing stock for years, from Victorian slate and clay pantiles to modern flat roofing systems. The right material, fixed the right way.

  • Insured Providers, Tidy Sites

    Every approved roofing specialist is fully insured and appropriately qualified for the work they take on, and is expected to leave your property as they found it, with scaffolding signed off and waste cleared.

  • Clear Pricing With No Hidden Costs

    You get a written quote before any work begins, with the materials and the scope set out plainly. If something unexpected is found under the tiles you are told first and it is agreed with you before it goes ahead.

  • A Complete Range of Roofing Work

    Pitched and flat roofing, repairs and emergency leaks, chimney repointing, leadwork and flashing, guttering, fascias and soffits, roof cleaning, and solar. One team, one point of contact.

  • Trusted Across Kent and Medway

    We cover Gravesend, Medway, Maidstone, Canterbury, Ashford and the surrounding towns across Kent and Medway. Much of the work comes through repeat customers and recommendations from neighbours.

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Your Common Solar and Energy Solutions Questions Answered

Not if the mounting is done properly. Nearly every solar-related leak we are called to comes from hooks fixed into tired battens, or tiles cut badly around the brackets, rather than from the panels themselves. The roofer surveys the roof before quoting the array.

The gap between the panels and the tiles is sheltered, warm and almost exactly what a pigeon is looking for. Nesting there blocks airflow under the panels, which reduces output, and the mess fouls the roof and blocks gutters. Mesh bird proofing around the array perimeter stops it without affecting the panels.

Most can, but the covering and the battens have to be sound first. Panels add weight and the mounting hooks fix through to the rafters, so a roof that is near the end of its life should be replaced before an array goes on it rather than after.

Local coverage, county-wide reach

Areas We Cover Across Kent

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Need A Trusted Local Roofer?

We provide roofing for homeowners, landlords and businesses across Kent. Whether it is a slipped slate, a leak that needs making safe today, a chimney that needs repointing or a complete re-roof, you get a clear written quote before any work starts.

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