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Residential · Design & engineering

Designed on the roof that is actually there.

The capture becomes a dimensioned 3D model, then a full system: structural and electrical engineering off what the technician verified on site. Stamped and permit-ready six days from the survey.

Book a 15-min call What you get
6 daysSurvey to permit-ready
PE sealedStructural and electrical
Per planeArea, pitch, azimuth
One visitRoof, attic and panel

Guessing costs you modules

A design drawn off satellite imagery has to assume the worst about what it cannot see, and every assumption shrinks the array or breaks the permit.

1

The blanket keep-out

Nobody knows exactly where the vents and skylights are, so the design carries a precautionary exclusion and the system shrinks to whatever is definitely safe.

2

Framing from a guess

Attachment spacing drawn without rafter size and spacing is a plan-check correction waiting to happen.

3

Electrical assumed

A 100A panel where the design assumed 200A is found on install day, and it costs you the day.

What comes back

Everything the design and the permit depend on, built from measured field data.

Design

  • Dimensioned 3D roof model, every plane with area, pitch and azimuth
  • Every vent, skylight and penetration located
  • Array layout with setbacks and fire pathways applied
  • Keep-outs on the real hardware, not a blanket margin

Engineering

  • Attachment design landed on real rafters
  • Load calculations for the specific structure
  • Single-line diagram and service panel detail
  • Conduit sized and routed from the array to the service entrance
  • Permit set stamped and sealed by a licensed professional engineer

How it works

1

Survey on site

Roof, attic and service panel captured in one visit by a technician who is actually there.

2

Model and layout

The capture becomes a dimensioned model and the array re-flows around the real obstructions.

3

Stamped set

Structural and electrical engineering, sealed and submission-ready six days from the survey.

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