In-roof solar and a Tesla Powerwall for a home in Hessle
This family home in Hessle has two very different roofs: a traditional slate pitch and a modern flat EPDM roof. The owners wanted as much solar as the house could hold, a battery to store it for the evening, and a finish that looked smart from the street. We designed one system across both roofs, built around a Tesla Powerwall 3.
The challenge
The slate pitch has a Velux roof window, so the array had to be planned around it rather than over it. The owners wanted a clean, built-in look, so a standard on-roof frame wouldn’t do.
On the flat roof, the panels had to stay out of sight behind the parapets. This home also needed planning permission, which was granted. The DNO set a 7 kW output limit and a 5 kW export limit, so the design had to make sure the household used as much of its own generation as possible, rather than relying on exports.
What we installed
On the slate pitch, we fitted a GSE in-roof system, with the panels sitting in the roof line in place of the slates and the Velux worked neatly into the layout. On the flat EPDM roof, a second set of panels sits low and hidden behind the parapets, fitted with 8 × Tigo TS4 optimisers so each panel performs at its best.
The whole system uses 26 × Aiko Neostar 455 W all-black panels, for a total of 11.82 kWp. Everything feeds into a Tesla Powerwall 3 (13.5 kWh), which stores daytime solar for the evening and works within the DNO’s output and export limits.
Timeline
- July 2024: contract signed
- September 2024: scaffolding up and installation started
- 24 January 2025: system commissioned
Results
The MCS certificate puts expected generation at 6,579 kWh a year. At quote stage, we estimated a first-year saving of about £1,951 and lifetime savings of around £31,602, with an estimated payback of 12 years. These are estimates and will vary with energy prices, tariffs and how the household uses its power.
With 13.5 kWh of storage, far more of that solar is used in the home rather than exported, which matters when exports are capped at 5 kW. As a domestic install, the system comes with our 6-year insurance-backed warranty, as well as the manufacturers’ product warranties.
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