If you are repairing or replacing your roof after solar has been installed, contact Better Earth before changing the roof material or panel location. We must review the completed roof before confirming that your solar panels can be reinstalled.

The short answer: Many common shingle, tile, metal, and membrane roofs can support solar reinstallation. Some roof types are not eligible, and every property requires final review. A similar-looking roof or photograph does not guarantee approval.

Planning roof work? Contact Better Earth before choosing a different roof material or changing where the solar panels will be reinstalled. Early review can help prevent delays, redesign work, and unexpected costs.

Tell your Better Earth representative that the replacement roof will use the same material currently documented for your home. Better Earth will compare the information with the existing project or site-survey records and confirm whether anything else is needed.

Using the same roof type does not automatically guarantee approval. The completed roof must still be in suitable condition and meet current installation, safety, permitting, and inspection requirements.

The following roof types are commonly eligible, subject to property-specific review:

Some otherwise eligible roofs may require specialized mounting equipment, engineering, design changes, or additional work. Better Earth will identify those requirements during review. Eligibility, pricing, and scheduling are not confirmed until that review is complete.

Use your roofer's written material description whenever possible. Color alone is not a reliable way to identify a roof.

Composite and presidential composition shingles are overlapping flat tabs or textured laminated shingles. Rolled composition is supplied in continuous sheets and is commonly used on lower-slope areas.

S-tile and W-tile have curved profiles; flat tile has a flatter rectangular profile. Spanish clay or C-tile can look similar but is generally not eligible, so confirm the exact material with your roofer.

Modified bitumen is a rolled asphalt-based roofing material. TPO is usually a smooth, single-ply membrane with visible heat-welded seams. Foam roofing is different and is generally not eligible.

Corrugated metal has repeating exposed ridges. Standing-seam metal has long raised vertical seams. Metal tile is a different product and is generally not eligible.

These photographs are examples only. A similar-looking roof does not confirm that a specific property is eligible.

Better Earth may be unable to install or reinstall solar on the following roof types or conditions:

If your planned roof appears on this list—or you are unsure what material your roofer plans to use—contact Better Earth before work begins. Better Earth may still be able to complete an uninstall, but reinstallation cannot be approved or scheduled until an eligible completed roof and all required readiness information are confirmed.

Your roofing contractor is responsible for identifying and completing required roofing permits and inspections. When the roof work is finished, contact Better Earth and be ready to provide:

Missing or incomplete roof information, permits, inspection approvals, photographs, or placement details may delay review and could require additional work.

Better Earth generally needs two to three weeks after receiving all required readiness information to complete review and coordinate reinstallation. This is a planning estimate, not a guaranteed service date. Requested dates are not confirmed until Better Earth finishes its review and scheduling.

Yes, but contact Better Earth before making the change. A different material may affect mounting equipment, design, engineering, price, or whether reinstallation is possible.

No. Better Earth must review the completed roof, property conditions, current requirements, and reinstallation plan before confirming eligibility.

Possibly. A changed location or layout requires additional review and may require updated design, engineering, permits, equipment, or pricing. Tell Better Earth about the proposed change as early as possible.

Your roofing contractor is responsible for determining and completing required roofing permits and inspections. Better Earth is responsible for permits and inspections related specifically to Better Earth’s solar work when applicable.

Contact us as soon as the roof is complete and the required roof inspection has passed. Please provide the final roof details and readiness information together when possible.

Contact Better Earth before roof work begins. Have your roofer's written material description and a clear photograph available if possible.

We can document the proposed roof type for review, but final eligibility remains subject to Better Earth's property-specific assessment. Do not schedule solar reinstallation based only on this article.