Installing solar panels in your home

Using photovoltaic panels, also known as PV panels, we can count with the all the energy and electricity necessary to live comfortable, without any problem related to fossil fuels, and by saving an important of money from bills.

PV panels were born towards middles of the 1960's and were first developed for the space program. But nowadays, they have become one of the most popular options for not only home energy but a variety of appliances as well. These panels can be found in telecommunication systems, road signs, and calculators, among many others.

PV solar panels can be installed on a variety of different kinds of roofs. The best time to install solar panels is when the house is being built or roofed, since then solar panel mounts can be built much more easily. Besides this, when solar panel mounts are built along with the roof, there is much less possibilities that there might appear any roof leaks in the future.

It is important to know that all solar panels mounts must be secured with stainless steel lag bolts which should be bolted into rafters. The installation of these mounts is one of the most important steps of the PV panels’ installation, if not the most, so it is important to do this very carefully and paying attention to every detail.

If you wish to install solar panels on a tile roof, you should ask an expert for advice since such roofs are among the most complicated ones for the procedure. But, even if you have roofs on which solar panels should be easy to be installed, such as for example composition shingle roofs, you might still ask an expert for guidance or even hire him to do the work, since unless you know exactly what to do and every step involved in the task, the installation might not be successful and you could end loosing time and money.