{"id":20635,"date":"2018-04-06T06:17:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T19:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=20635"},"modified":"2018-04-23T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T03:27:49","slug":"slender-roofs-home-solar-mb0534","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/slender-roofs-home-solar-mb0534\/","title":{"rendered":"“Slender Roofs” Not Just An Issue For Commercial Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rooftop<\/p>\n

Australian commercial rooftops are reportedly increasingly being built without the strength to bear solar panels – is this happening with new houses too?<\/p>\n

According to a recent article on the Financial Review<\/a> (paywall unfortunately), as much as 70 per cent of industrial roofs are being built “slender” (to the minimum specification). To strengthen a commercial roof in order to enable solar panels to be installed can be anything from very costly to totally non-viable.<\/p>\n

It’s a situation of developers missing an opportunity, as industrial rooftops are prime real estate for electricity generation given the decreasing cost of commercial solar power<\/a> and the desire of businesses to rein in their energy costs. The ability of a commercial roof to support solar panels is an issue that SQ blogger Ronald touched on in his post, Hints, Tips And Tricks For Commercial Solar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Slender Roof” Houses?<\/h2>\n

This cost-cutting may not just be confined to commercial rooftops.<\/p>\n

When I recently built with a largish South Australian builder, I was surprised to discover that the roof of the 3-bedroom house design I chose from their range would not support a 5kW solar system<\/a> – which isn’t a huge system these days. This had never been a problem in several of the older homes I had previously lived in, which didn’t require any sort of roof structure modifications.<\/p>\n

Modifications for the new home had to be included as a build contract variation, which was noted as:<\/p>\n

“Upgrade roof trusses (including calculation and design) to accommodate future roof solar panels supplied and installed by Owner after handover”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The cost for this variation was $300.<\/p>\n

Caveat Emptor<\/h2>\n

As to how common this little upsell is (or whether I was just duped), I’m not sure, but Australians preparing to build and intending to add a solar power system should flag their desire to install solar panels<\/a> when the plans are being drawn up in case it’s not raised by whoever they are working with.<\/p>\n

If in the market for an existing home, it’s also worth checking if the roof can handle a 5kW (or whatever size) system as it’s not safe to just assume this even if there’s plenty of roof space.<\/p>\n

Being proactive in both scenarios could save some nasty and perhaps far more expensive surprises down the track – or prevent home owners from installing the system they want altogether.<\/p>\n

It seems a little odd in this day and age when energy efficiency is such an important issue that developers\/builders can still get away with roofs on houses with good access to solar resources unable to support what is rapidly becoming an average sized solar power system<\/a>; especially given these homes are going to be around for a very long time.<\/p>\n

Maybe that will change after NCC 2019<\/a> is finalised, but it’s not looking likely at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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