Solar in Wichita starts from plains hail and a roof that may or may not see the sun past a cottonwood. Fringe lots on the south and west offer open planes, which means stones as well as sky. Riverside, College Hill, and Delano can bury a south slope in river trees and still lose shingles to a core that found the gap. An array is a roof decision first. Bruised covering, packed gutters, and an attic that has already been wet are reasons to stop the solar talk until the roof talk is honest.
Call with the neighborhood and what the south slopes look like from the yard. If a hail day dented the gutters and combed the condenser, say that, because the roof was standing in the same yard. Note fluff and shade. A cottonwood on the south can turn a promising plane into a leafy clock that shades the useful hours. You can watch that from the lawn without a drawing. Say whether you would own the equipment.
Wind along the river and across the open lots will test every attachment. Ask how flashing is supposed to handle a storm that drives rain under a cap, and how the modules come off when the covering needs work later. A penetration that weeps into an attic, then into a cold night, is a house problem with extra steps. You are not approving hardware on this call. You are checking that the plan includes hail and a later roof.
Basement panels are common in the older neighborhoods and often already busy. Newer houses may have the panel in a garage and the same lack of room. Say which, and say if it looks crowded, without inventing capacity. Utility permission still sits between a finished rail and a system that is allowed to run. Know that step exists. Do not let a picture taken from far above be the only inspection the roof ever gets.
Wichita sun is strong on an open fringe roof and broken up by river trees a few miles away, and hail visits both. Look at your slopes, remember the storms at that address, and call before you treat a clear satellite view as a sound deck. Call the number on this page.