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I'm looking for guidance on replacing a south facing slate roof with PV shingles. This is a classic historic New England church built in the 1800's. The building is in the historic district and limited in the ability to change external features. Does anyone in the community have examples of where this might have been done?  Thank you. 

ooF.  That could be difficult.  Historic districts have varying strict rules on what can be done.  Many have rules that say no visible solar possible - so they'll only allow solar if it's on a part of the roof that won't be visible - sometimes just road-facing, other times, anywhere.  And slate is also difficult and expensive to work on.  If they even allow it, you may need to build scaffolding to allow the installers to work without stepping on the slate, which breaks easily.  Special clasps are used when installing on slate.  Many installers won't even consider doing this...

Let us know what happens!

Dara

I'm looking for guidance on replacing a south facing slate roof with PV shingles. This is a classic historic New England church built in the 1800's. The building is in the historic district and limited in the ability to change external features. Does anyone in the community have examples of where this might have been done?  Thank you. 

I'm looking for guidance on replacing a south facing slate roof with PV shingles. This is a classic historic New England church built in the 1800's. The building is in the historic district and limited in the ability to change external features. Does anyone in the community have examples of where this might have been done?  Thank you.