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In most cases, the roof of your garage or shed will be flat. The installation would then be the same as an installation on flat roofs. However, the roof of a shed or garage may be slightly less sturdy than the roof of your home. For flat roofs, the required ballast must be taken into account. This will add extra weight and the roof of your garage or shed must be able to handle this. When we install solar panels on the roof of a garage or shed, we often work with Sunbeam mounting material. This type requires less ballast, making the installation of solar panels possible in most cases. If in doubt, we need the specifications from your roof contractor. If the roof of your garage or shed is sloping, you can read all about the installation on our page about solar panels on sloping roofs.
For an optimal performance of solar panels on the roof of a garage or shed, it is important that there is as little shade as possible. Shade from trees or nearby buildings, for example, can reduce the yield of the solar panels or even make solar panels no longer profitable at all. Because the roof of a garage or shed is often slightly lower than the roof of your home, it is extra important to pay close attention to this. An advisor can help to assess this for you.
Roof covering for a garage or shed roof is often made of corrugated roof panels. Corrugated panels cannot support the weight of the solar panels and associated materials. That is why solar panels are never mounted on the corrugated panels themselves, but on the underlying roof structure. When installing on corrugated panels, we use stud screws and special mounting rails, on top of which the solar panels are mounted.
South-facing roofs are most suitable for the installation of solar panels, because they allow maximum use of direct sunlight. East- or west-facing roofs are also suitable. Poor returns are achieved by North-facing roofs, because these roofs receive too little direct sunlight. That is why the advisors always try to find a solution to allow the solar panels to face south as much as possible.
read more ›Zonnefabriek can install solar panels on both flat and sloping roofs. If possible the Sunbeam mounting system is used for flat roofs. This system uses less ballast and helps to limit the weight pressing onto the roof. For sloping roofs, the Zonnefabriek uses the Schletter mounting system, a sturdy system that puts as little ballast as possible on your roof tiles.
read more ›Zonnefabriek has various mounting systems for flat and sloping roofs. If installation is not carried out correctly, it can damage the solar panel and the roof and the efficiency can suffer. It is therefore important to eliminate errors during the installation.
read more ›Each type has its pros and cons. In general you can say that: thin-film solar panels are the cheapest (per panel) and the lightest (in weight), but also generate the least energy, monocrystalline solar panels generate the most energy, but are also the most expensive and that polycrystalline solar panels fall somewhere in between both other categories.
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