So you live in Cambridge and you've finally decided you want a solar panel or panels fitted to your home
. But exactly how is a solar panel fitted onto your Cambridge home, you may ask? Well, you have several options to choose from.
You can choose from three mounting types for a solar panel - whether you're in Cambridge or any other city, town or village in the UK. You might go for a solar panel fitted onto the roof of your Cambridge residence where it would stand proud of the roof tiles and be mounted onto specially designed brackets.
Option 2 is to have the solar panel integrated into the structure of the roof of your Cambridge home where it will directly replace roof tiles.
Finally, the solar panel could be mounted onto an A-frame on a flat roof or in the garden of your Cambridge base. This may be your best option if you don't have a South-facing roof as the solar panel needs to be South-facing for maximum efficiency.
A solar panel on a South-facing roof is likely to receive the best sunlight exposure.
Most solar panel manufacturers offer an in-roof solution for your Cambridge home so that solar panels sit on secured tile battens. Once in place the whole kit is weather-proofed.
You will find that this type of solar panel installation in Cambridge and other areas is extremely popular on new build properties or when a roof is being retiled. Often fitting a solar panel in-roof can be quite a cost effective way of making your home greener as the cost of the solar panels may be offset slightly by savings on roof tiles and slates.
Whatever solar panel installation option you choose it's sure to make a big difference to your Cambridge home, helping you to do your bit for the planet and save money at the same time.