Manufactured Homes

[Comanche]

I am a retiree living in deeps south Texas, which means brutally hot summers and high electricity bills. Also, like many other folks in Texas, I do not trust the grid. I also drive an electric vehicle which I charge at home

I live in a 55+ community in a single-wide manufactured home. I have been told by a local installer that solar panels cannot be mounted on a single wide roof, especially since I have a metal roof installed on top of shingles. I would like to be sure before I give up - is it true I cannot have solar installed? If so, are there any alternative ways to install solar, such as strengthening the roof over my car port to support panels.?

[chrisski]

If you get a good local installer they can do that, but it won’t be cheap. Since I live in a valley of 6 million, that’s available; good installers might not be in local rural areas, although my installer travels at least 2 hours for installs.

In my case a solar awning on my house would require squares to be cut so properly beams could be properly put in. This would not touch the house either. This would not blow away in a storm.

i opted not to do this solar awning.

[J.P.M.]

I am a retiree living in deeps south Texas, which means brutally hot summers and high electricity bills. Also, like many other folks in Texas, I do not trust the grid. I also drive an electric vehicle which I charge at home

I live in a 55+ community in a single-wide manufactured home. I have been told by a local installer that solar panels cannot be mounted on a single wide roof, especially since I have a metal roof installed on top of shingles. I would like to be sure before I give up - is it true I cannot have solar installed? If so, are there any alternative ways to install solar, such as strengthening the roof over my car port to support panels.?

To be sure, you'll need the input of your local building dept. They will have the final say. Other opinions don't count unless they're from a court of law.