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We have a lot of rooftop solar in Australia, and I’ve never heard any arguments regarding risk the roof or roof related maintenance costs. Can you provide any

• wharvle 3y ago
  1) The time it takes for the panels to recoup their costs is already long. 2) Now the panels have to be removed and re-installed any time those parts of the roof are worked on. That's expensive. Roofing companies tend not to like solar. You'll have trouble getting a warranty on the work if you've got solar, and likely pay a premium for a company that'll provide one (on top of the much higher labor costs) by finding a company that does both solar and roofing. 3) If work ever needs to be done on the panels, and it doesn't fall under a warranty, it'll be more expensive than ground-level. 4) There's a greater chance of something going wrong with all the above because solar adds more components to the whole system of the roof, aside from punching a bunch of holes in it. The higher costs and risks plus naturally long pay-off period mean I don't plan to ever pay for rooftop solar again. Wish I hadn't this time.