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Tile, Metal or Slate: How Your Roof Changes the Install

Which hooks and rails your roof takes, and the three questions to answer before you add a kit to the cart.
Installer fitting solar panels on a mixed tile and metal roof

The panels are the same on every roof. What changes is how they hold on — and that decides which mounting set ships in your kit.

Asphalt shingle

The most common Colorado roof and the simplest: flashed lag-bolt feet into the rafters, rails on top. Every Sunbox roof kit ships with shingle feet unless you tell us otherwise.

Concrete or clay tile

Tile hooks slide under the tile and bolt to the rafter. Expect to grind a notch in a few tiles; we include two spare tiles’ worth of flashing.

Standing-seam metal

No holes at all: clamps grip the seams. It is the fastest install there is, and the clamps are cheaper than feet.

Three questions before checkout

  • Roof material and pitch.
  • Rafter spacing (16 or 24 inches).
  • Distance from the roof to your main panel.

Answer them in the free parts list form and the right mounting set lands in your cart.

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