08-20-2026, 05:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-20-2026, 06:52 AM by Rob Tucker.)
I mounted my first DIY solar project to the roof, and I'm never doing that again. They are way easier to clean on ground mounts plus I'm of the general opinion that putting dozens of holes in a roof is a bad idea. And having 9 acres its not like we don't have the space for ground mounted solar. Normally ground mounts are bolted onto a concrete slab, but I'm Puna style. On the ground with 18 inch galvanized rebar stakes (about one per panel) drilled and pounded into mystery lava below. I can't pull any section up using all my strength but I've seen videos of hurricanes pulling or pushing houses off their foundations, so I'm aware of what father nature can do.