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Solar in Florida only makes sense after the roof does. This state has fierce sun, and it also has roofs that bake, lift, and leak. An array on a tired covering means the next roof job has to fight the hardware, or the hardware comes off sooner than anyone planned. Start with the city, the age of the covering, and whether the deck was sound the last time anyone was up there. Shade from oaks, palms, and a neighbor's second story belongs in the first conversation, not as a surprise after the layout is drawn.

Hardware has to survive the same climate as the house. Wind cares about how the rails are tied to the structure. Flashing at every penetration is a roofing detail that happens to sit under a module. On the coast, salt works on racking, lugs, and any metal specified for a kinder place. Inland, heat is the quieter problem. Modules put out less as they get hot, and a dark roof on a Florida afternoon is a hot place to bolt them. Say which coast, or how far inland, so the hardware matches the exposure.

The electrical side is part of the house, not a sticker on the module. The service panel, the inverter location, and a conduit path that does not punch careless holes in a finished wall all matter. Ask whether someone stood on the roof or only looked at an aerial photo. A photo has not seen soft decking, a tired pipe boot, or a panel that is already full. Ask which module and which inverter are actually specified, and who you call when an inverter goes quiet. A monitor helps only if a person looks at it.

Permits and the utility's permission to operate sit in the middle of the job. Ask who files them and what happens if the utility or the building department wants a change. If an association has rules about the street-facing slope, say that at the start. The question on this call is whether this roof, this shade, and this wind exposure can carry hardware that stays put. If the covering needs to come off first, that is a roofing conversation before it is anything else. Call the number on this page.