Tycho Solutions designs and installs solar panel installation in Gilbert, AZ, on new builds and existing homes. Modeled to your usage, not a stock package.
Most Gilbert roofs going up since the 1990s building boom are concrete tile over slab construction, with older pockets of town still running composition shingle. Both surfaces sit under direct desert sun from May through September, and that heat cycle breaks down underlayment and dries out shingle mat years before the roof looks obviously worn.
We model your actual usage and roof, then show you the production and payback before you commit to anything.
From new panel arrays to battery backup and EV charging, here is how we build out a solar system for a Gilbert property from the ground up.
Mounting and wiring for Gilbert’s mix of newer tile roofs and older composition shingle homes. We set racking to match the roof type, run conduit to the main panel, and route wiring to keep the roofline clean on both build eras.
Before any panel goes up, we size the system to the home’s actual usage and roof layout. That means load calculations for SRP accounts, inverter selection, and a layout plan that accounts for shade from mature trees in Gilbert’s established areas.
Level 2 charger installation in the garage or driveway, wired into the same electrical work as the solar system. We run a dedicated circuit, mount the charging unit, and tie it into your production so vehicle charging draws from your own panels first.
Battery installation for Gilbert homes that want backup power during monsoon season outages or want to shift usage away from SRP’s peak summer rate windows. We mount the battery, integrate it with the existing inverter, and set up load priorities.
For the agricultural and rural parcels on Gilbert’s outskirts that sit outside easy utility reach, we design a standalone system with enough battery capacity and panel output to run the property without a grid connection.
Flat and low-slope roof installation for Gilbert’s commercial and industrial buildings, sized to daytime business hours when usage and production overlap. We handle the larger array layout, commercial permitting, and utility interconnection.
Gilbert homeowners and builders call us for solar because the roof and the electrical work come from the same crew and the same license, not a roofer and a separate solar company pointing at each other when something leaks. One contractor, one schedule, one point of accountability from the deck to the inverter.
Panel and inverter warranties depend on correct installation, so we document racking, wiring, and roof penetrations the way manufacturers require to keep coverage valid.
One crew handles roofing, electrical, and inspection scheduling for your Gilbert install, so permits, SRP interconnection, and final walkthrough stay on one calendar.
We size conductors, breakers, and racking to Gilbert’s heat and wind loads instead of the minimum the code allows, so the system holds up.
Gilbert’s housing stock runs from 1990s tract homes with moderate pitch composition shingle to the concrete tile roofs that became standard through the 2010s boom. That mix matters for solar because racking, flashing, and lag placement differ by roof type, and a system sized for a shingle roof’s rafter spacing is not automatically right for tile battens or foam underlayment.
The part of a solar install that fails first is rarely the panel. It is the roof penetration under the mount, the flashing where the lag meets the tile or shingle course, and conduit run across a surface that can sit over 150 degrees on a July afternoon. We flash every mounting point the way we would flash a re-roof penetration, because a leak at a rack foot shows up as attic water damage long before the array underperforms.
Arizona law keeps an HOA from banning solar outright, but most Gilbert communities still set placement and screening rules: where conduit runs on the exterior wall, how equipment boxes get painted to match trim, and whether an array can face the street-facing roof plane. We plan around those rules before permitting, so the inspection and architectural review pass on the first submission instead of sending the crew back to move conduit routed the easy way.
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Arizona ROC #364735 covers every Gilbert solar install, with bonding and insurance in place before a panel goes up.
Our crews live and work in the East Valley, so warranty callbacks and SRP inspections happen fast, not weeks later.
You get one point of contact from design through SRP interconnection, with a real schedule instead of a vague install window.
We quote from load calculations and your actual roof, then hold that number and that schedule through final inspection.
Cost depends on system size, roof type, and whether battery storage or an EV charger goes in at the same time, so we will not quote a number before we have looked at your usage and roof. What we can tell you is that a correctly sized system pays for itself through lower SRP bills over time, and an undersized or poorly sited system never does. We build a proposal from load calculations and your actual roof, not a flat rate.
A ten-year-old inverter or a string of underperforming panels can sometimes be repaired, but if the roof underneath is also nearing the end of its life, patching the electrical side just delays pulling the array again in a few years. For most Gilbert homes past the ten to fifteen year mark, a solar system upgrade in Gilbert that replaces the inverter, rewires the array, and addresses the roof at the same time costs less over the long run than two separate jobs done a few years apart.
Yes. Flat and low-slope roofs need a ballasted or tilted racking system instead of standard pitched-roof mounts, angled to catch sun instead of lying flat against the membrane, and we check the roof membrane and drainage before setting any ballast on it. This comes up most on Gilbert’s commercial buildings and on newer homes built with a low-slope parapet section, where the mounting hardware and wind load calculations differ from a tile or shingle job.
Yes, we handle commercial solar installation for Gilbert warehouses, retail buildings, and light industrial space, usually on flat or low-slope roofs sized to daytime operating hours when usage and production line up. We coordinate the electrical tie-in with the building’s existing service and handle the larger array layout and structural review a commercial roof needs before it carries the added load.
We hold Arizona ROC license number 364735 and pull the Town of Gilbert permit for the electrical and structural work on every install, along with the SRP interconnection paperwork once the system passes inspection. You should be wary of any solar company that skips the town permit to save time, because that step is also what keeps your homeowner’s insurance and any future roof warranty intact.
Yes. Solar for new construction in Gilbert is easiest to wire before drywall goes up, since we can run conduit through open framing instead of fishing it through finished walls later. We coordinate directly with your builder’s electrician so the panel location, inverter placement, and roof penetrations are planned before the roof is even dried in, which avoids opening finished walls to add a circuit after move-in.
