Real install · Chadwell Heath
Flat-roof solar on tilt frames — Chadwell Heath
- Chadwell Heath — minutes from our Romford base
- Six panels on engineered tilt frames
- Flat roof crown — a roof many installers turn down
- Ballasted mounts: no holes in the waterproof layer
The roof everyone said no to
A flat roof doesn't rule out solar — it just changes the engineering. Panels laid dead flat self-shade, collect grime and lose output, so the answer is tilt frames: rigid mounts that angle each panel up to catch the sun properly and let the rain keep them clean.
Here we fitted six panels in two tidy rows on the flat crown of the roof. The frames are fixed and weighted to spread load correctly, the cable runs are hidden, and the array sits low enough that you barely notice it from the street.
Why the spacing matters
Look at the gap between the two rows in the photo — that's not wasted space. Tilted panels cast a shadow behind them, so each row is spaced to keep out of the other's shade in low winter sun. It's the kind of detail that separates a designed system from a bolted-on one.
Flat-roof installs like this typically start from £4,990 installed for a solar-only system today. If you've got a flat roof — on the house, an extension or a garage — our guide to flat-roof and garage solar covers what works, or send us a photo and we'll tell you straight.
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