Old roof Old roof

Our House Gets
    a New Roof

       August 2014

 

We're not sure how old the roof on our house was, but we knew that it needed to be replaced. In the summer of 2014, we contracted with R E Roofing to do the job.

As long as we were going to take the roof off, we decided to install solar panels and a "whole house fan," an effective substitute for air conditioning. R E Roofing installed the fan and Cobalt Power Systems designed and installed our solar system.

The construction took about a week. To see how the job progressed, click on each of the three pictures below.

Tear off

Monday, August 18, was a busy day! The old roof came off, new materials were delivered, posts for the solar panels were positioned, and our house fan was installed.

Roof construction

By Thursday, the crew had
finished installing the roof.

 

solar panels

Then on Friday, the Cobalt team installed our solar panels. Later they upgraded the wiring and service panels in our garage.

New roof

New gate

 

Epilog: A New Car

Finally, two years later, we traded in our
20-year-old Subaru for a brand new
2017 Chevy Volt.

We can recharge it in our garage, and will now
take full advantage of those solar panels!