Tycho Solutions designs and installs solar panel installation in Tempe, AZ, on new builds and existing homes. Modeled to your usage, not a stock package.
Tempe’s housing runs from single-story concrete tile ranch homes near the university corridor to two-story stucco tracts from the 1990s and 2000s in south Tempe, plus flat-roofed apartment buildings scattered closer to the built-up core. Tile still dominates the older ranch stock, the newer two-story tracts mix tile and dimensional shingle, and each roof type changes how we anchor racking and route conduit before a panel goes up.
On an aging tile roof, the underlayment beneath the tile is usually the weak point, not the tile itself, and cutting new penetrations into brittle felt just to hang panels invites a leak the next monsoon cell finds. If that underlayment is already failing, we address the roof itself before we mount anything on top of it.
We model your actual usage and roof, then show you the production and payback before you commit to anything.
From rooftop panel installation to battery backup and EV charging, our Tempe team designs and installs complete solar systems built for the Valley’s heat and monsoon season.
On a typical Tempe rooftop, we assess pitch, orientation and shading before setting panel layout, then mount racking rated for our monsoon wind loads and connect wiring to code. Downtown lofts and single-story ranch homes need different array footprints, but both need summer heat cycling built into every connection.
A full Tempe solar install covers system design, City of Tempe permitting, inverter placement, and the utility paperwork SRP requires before you get permission to operate. We handle every step so your system is live and generating from day one.
We install Level 2 EV chargers in Tempe garages and carports, wiring them to draw from your solar system so charging your car costs nothing extra on sunny days. Placement accounts for panel amperage and existing home electrical capacity.
Tempe’s summer monsoon storms can knock out SRP power for hours, so we size battery banks to keep essential circuits running through an outage and store midday solar surplus for evening use. Battery placement follows fire code clearances for garages and utility rooms.
For Tempe properties without a practical utility tie-in, such as detached workshops, casitas, or backyard structures, we design standalone systems sized entirely around your battery bank and daily load, with no dependence on SRP service at all.
Tempe’s office parks and light industrial buildings near the tech corridor often carry flat roofs suited to ballasted racking or ground-mounted arrays, and commercial systems need load calculations sized to weekday business hours rather than a home’s evening usage pattern.
Tempe homeowners and builders come to us because we handle the roof, the racking, the wiring and the utility paperwork as one job instead of splitting it across separate crews. That single point of accountability matters most on a rooftop carrying monsoon wind loads and a permitting process that rejects incomplete submittals.
Every Tempe solar install runs under Arizona ROC #364735, so permitting, inspections and utility interconnection move through one licensed, bonded contractor.
One crew sequences your roof assessment, racking, wiring and utility paperwork so a Tempe install never stalls waiting on a subcontractor.
Panels, inverters and racking carry manufacturer-backed warranties, and the installation itself is backed by a written workmanship warranty.
Solar in Tempe means designing around whatever roof happens to be underneath it, since the city’s housing spans single-story concrete tile ranch homes, two-story shingle tracts, and flat-roofed apartment and commercial buildings elsewhere in the city. A tile roof needs lift-and-seal flashing tied into the rafters, a shingle roof takes standard flush-mount flashing, and a flat roof usually calls for a ballasted or standoff rack that never punctures the membrane at all. Getting the mounting method wrong turns a solar install into a roof problem instead of a lower power bill.
The panels themselves rarely fail. What fails is the connection between the rack and the roof: a flashing boot that was never properly sealed, a lag bolt that missed the rafter and only bit into decking, or wiring routed under tile that chafes against the underlayment over years of thermal expansion. We inspect every penetration point before final sign-off, because a solar system is only as reliable as the places it touches the roof.
Many Tempe communities carry design guidelines that restrict panel visibility from the street, require low-profile or black-frame panels over silver-frame, or limit ground-mounted arrays to backyards screened from view. We review those rules with you before ordering equipment, since swapping a panel color after the fact costs more than specifying it correctly the first time.
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Every project runs under Arizona ROC #364735, fully licensed, bonded and insured for Tempe residential and commercial work.
Our crews know Tempe’s roof types, HOA design rules and City permitting inside and out.
You get one point of contact from design through utility sign-off, not a rotating cast of subcontractors.
We sequence permitting, materials and install dates up front so your solar project lands on schedule.
It depends on the roof’s condition, not its age alone. If the underlayment under your tile is already brittle or your shingles are past their service life, patching it just to get panels up buys you a season before you’re reopening that same roof for a leak.
On an older tile roof especially, a repair usually delays the real fix rather than solving it, so we check the roof first and tell you honestly whether it needs attention before or alongside the solar install.
Cost depends on your roof type, how much of your usage you want offset, and whether you’re adding battery storage or an EV charger to the system. We size every solar installation in Tempe around your actual usage and roof constraints rather than a generic package, then walk you through the full proposal before you commit to anything.
Yes. Flat and low-slope roofs, common on Tempe apartments and light commercial buildings, typically take a ballasted rack angled toward the sun rather than flashing mounted straight into the roof deck. That approach avoids new penetrations altogether on many foam and built-up roofs, which matters most on a membrane roof where every puncture is a future leak point.
Yes, we design and install commercial solar for Tempe warehouses, retail centers and multi-tenant office buildings, including the load calculations and interconnection work that commercial systems require beyond what a home install needs. We coordinate directly with property management so the system goes live without disrupting business operations.
Yes, and you don’t have to chase it yourself. Arizona and the city both require a permit and inspection for a home solar install, and your utility has to sign off before the system is legally allowed to operate.
We’re licensed, bonded and insured under Arizona ROC #364735, and pulling permits and scheduling inspections is part of the job we do for you, not an extra step you manage on your own.
Both. Solar for new construction in Tempe gets designed alongside the roof itself, so conduit runs and roof penetrations are planned before the roofing crew ever leaves, which is cleaner than retrofitting later.
A solar system upgrade in Tempe, whether that’s adding panels, a battery bank or an EV charger to an existing array, starts with checking whether your current inverter and electrical panel have the headroom before we design the addition.
