12/26/2017
Anonymous
I got quotes from 6 different installers, all were friendly and helpful but A&R went above and beyond.<br /><br />We were initially hoping to save money by getting solar now and updating our roof later since it had a few more years in it. All the other installers said that made sense and downplayed the extra future cost of re-roofing. A&R insisted that it was a bad deal and we should either reroof early or wait on getting solar. I told them flat-out that because we were hesitant to reroof but didn't want to wait, we would almost certainly not go with them. But they kept answering questions, encouraged us to double-check about costs with roofing companies, and after a lot of investigation, I concluded they were right all along.<br /><br />The cost of a 50-year roof in our case (solar is on our garage) was not that crazy, and the roofer confirmed that they would want the entire solar system taken down or have to charge a bunch extra to reroof around the mounting stuff on top of the extra $100 per panel or more that the solar companies would charge to take the panels off and put them back. In the end, it would not be worth the few extra years of the old roof.<br /><br />We did the reroofing in advance, and A&R worked with us all the way, answering every question, picking the most appropriate equipment (and explaining to us about the decisions), and their price at the end of the day was actually the best value, the most production at the best price compared to all the other installers we considered.