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The Bell
Garage Roof

A detached garage in Grand Junction, a Starter kit on one pallet and two Saturdays on the roof — fitted by the owner, tied in by an electrician, passed first time.

Starter Roof Kit

Grand Junction, CO

Completed May 2026

Time on the roof

2Saturdays

from pallet on the drive to panels producing — the inspector passed it on the first visit.

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The story

A garage roof, a free weekend and a binder.

Mark Delaney wanted the house bill down without handing the whole job to a contractor. The garage roof faced south and was low enough to work on safely.

DIY + licensed tie-in

Grid use −61%

01

Challenge

A detached garage 40 feet from the house panel, a shingle roof with one vent in the way and an owner who had never fitted a panel.

02

Solution

An engineer drew the layout around the vent and sized the trench run. Every bag in the kit was numbered to a step in the guide, and a local electrician did the final tie-in.

03

Result

Two Saturdays on the roof, one inspection, and about 6,100 kWh a year from ten panels. The house now buys 61% 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.

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Location
Grand JunctionCO

Kit
Starter4.3 kW

Roof
Shinglegarage

Fitted by
Owner+ electrician

Time on roof
2Saturdays

Yearly output
6,100kWh

Inspection
1st visitpassed

Completed
May 2026

Parts in this build

One kit, one extra cable run.

The Starter kit had everything for the roof. The 40-foot run to the house took a second cable kit, and the gateway shows output in 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

Red and black solar cable coils with connectors and a crimping tool

+1 kit

Accessories

Solar Cable & Connector Kit

$89

White energy monitor gateway with two clamp-on sensors

1

Accessories

Sunbox Energy Monitor Gateway

$199

On site

Two Saturdays, step by numbered step.

Rails and feet on day one, panels and the inverter on day two; the inspector came the following Thursday.

Modern timber-clad home at dusk with an electric car charging in the driveway

Day 1 · rails on the shingles

Single-storey home with rooftop solar and a van parked outside

Black solar panel and white home battery in a bright room

Bags laid out in order

Utility room with two wall-mounted battery cabinets and an inverter

Building inspector with a clipboard checking a new isolator while the owner watches

Inspection · passed first visit

Grid power bought a year, before and after

−61% a year

Before

7.4k

After

2.9k

Monthly solar output, first year · kWh

May–Aug in teal

340

J

400

F

520

M

580

A

640

M

670

J

670

J

640

A

550

S

460

O

340

N

300

D

The first year in numbers

6,100kWh

from ten panels in the first year

31parts

in numbered bags, matched to the guide

1visit

for the inspection — passed first time

“Every bag was numbered to a step in the guide. Two Saturdays, one inspection, and the inspector asked where we bought it.”

MD

Mark Delaney
Verified buyer · Starter 4.3 kW Roof Kit

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