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Brick bungalow with solar panels on a clay tile roof and red mesas behind
Brick bungalow with solar panels on a clay tile roof and red mesas behind
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Mesa View
Bungalow

A brick bungalow in Grand Junction with a clay tile roof. Tile hooks swapped in for shingle feet with one click, and a certified installer done in a day.

Starter Roof Kit
Grand Junction, CO
Completed May 2026
On site
 
 
1day

tile hooks, rails, ten panels and the inverter — the installer was gone by 5 p.m.

The story

A tile roof everyone said would be a problem.

Linda Archuleta had two quotes that priced the clay tiles as a risk. The parts were the only thing that needed to change.

Tile hooks, one click
Grid use −66%
01
Challenge
Clay tiles that crack under foot, a roof the installers wanted to quote as “custom” and a bill just under $120 a month.
02
Solution
The Starter kit with shingle feet swapped for stainless tile hooks in the cart. The installer lifted each tile, fixed the hook to the batten and laid the tile back.
03
Result
One day on site, no broken tiles and about 6,400 kWh a year in the desert sun. The house buys 66% less from the grid.
Spec sheet

The build, line by line.

Figures from the order, the gateway and the owner, checked with them in October 2026.

Location
Grand JunctionCO
Kit
Starter4.3 kW
Roof
Clay tiletile hooks
Fitted by
Certifiedinstaller
On site
1day
Yearly output
6,400kWh
Grid use
−66%year one
Completed
May 2026
Parts in this build

The Starter kit, on tile hooks.

Same kit as a shingle roof — the tile hooks were a free swap at checkout, and the gateway came along for the app.

Roof solar kit laid out on a wooden floor: two black panels, rails, inverter and boxed cables
1 kit
Roof Kits
Starter 4.3 kW Roof Kit
$4,890
White energy monitor gateway with two clamp-on sensors
1
Accessories
Sunbox Energy Monitor Gateway
$199
On site

Lift, hook, lay back — tile by tile.

Each hook goes under a lifted tile and onto the batten; the tile goes back over it. The row was on by mid-afternoon.

Tile hooks on the batten
Finished row on the clay tiles
Panels going onto the rails
 

Grid power bought a year, before and after

−66% a year
Before
 
7.9k
After
 
 
2.7k
Monthly solar output, first year · kWh
May–Aug in teal
350
 
J
420
 
F
540
 
M
610
 
A
670
 
M
700
 
J
700
 
J
670
 
A
580
 
S
480
 
O
350
 
N
320
 
D
The first year in numbers
6,400kWh
a year in the Grand Junction sun
0tiles
broken on the day
1day
for the certified installer
 
“Two companies quoted my tiles as a risk. Sunbox changed one line in the cart and the installer was done before dinner.”
LA
Linda Archuleta
Verified buyer · Starter 4.3 kW Roof Kit
Same kit

Tile or metal roof?

Swap shingle feet for tile hooks or seam clamps at checkout — the diagram follows.

Utility room wall with a hybrid inverter and a white home battery
Previous project
Utility-Room Battery Retrofit
Battery Only · 13.5 kWh
Next project
Larkspur Home + EV
Home + EV Kit · 8.6 kW
Timber-clad family home with a solar roof and an electric car charging on the drive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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