Ardell Estates is 220 CBH homes from 0.16 up to 0.311 acres off Linder and West Striped Owl Drive, and the wide single-story plans here have the unbroken south-facing roof area that suits a large array. That also puts every panel low enough for sprinklers to reach.
A large uninterrupted roof plane without dormers, valleys or a second story casting shade is the ideal surface for an array, and the wide single-story plans on Ardell Estates larger lots have exactly that. It means arrays here tend to be bigger than on a compact two-story of similar square footage, and it means fewer shading complications from the building itself. Bigger arrays have more absolute output to lose to soiling, which is why cleaning matters proportionally more here.
The flip side of a single-story roof is that the whole array sits low enough for sprinkler overspray to reach, and every lot here runs on untreated Boise-Kuna canal water carrying suspended silt and dissolved mineral. That water dries onto hot glass and bakes on, and each spot shades the cell beneath it. On a two-story the upper array stays above the spray; on these plans nothing does, so the soiling is uniform across the array rather than concentrated at one edge.
Where a head is throwing onto the array, mineral returns within weeks of any clean, so identifying the head is worth more than the clean itself. We point out the offending one at no charge while we are on site. On a wide single-story with a large low array, adjusting one or two heads can change the maintenance requirement substantially, and telling you costs us the repeat work.
Panels are flooded with pure deionized water, which dries leaving nothing behind, with nothing abrasive on the anti-reflective coating and no soap. We do not walk on panels: they take weight without visibly breaking, but point loading micro-fractures the cells and permanently reduces output. Solar panel cleaning is quoted by array size, and the larger arrays common on these plans price accordingly.
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Generally yes. A large uninterrupted plane without dormers, valleys or a second story casting shade is the ideal array surface, and the wide single-story plans on the bigger Ardell Estates lots have exactly that, so arrays here tend to be larger than on a compact two-story.
Because on a single-story every panel sits low enough for sprinkler overspray to reach, so the soiling is uniform. On a two-story the upper array stays above the spray. Untreated canal water dries onto hot glass and each spot shades the cell beneath it.
Substantially, on a low single-story array. Where a head throws onto the panels, mineral returns within weeks of any clean, so adjusting one or two heads can change the whole maintenance requirement. We identify the offending head free of charge.
We do not walk on panels at all. They take weight without visibly breaking, but point loading micro-fractures the cells and permanently reduces output, and the damage is invisible until you compare production year on year.
By array size, so the bigger arrays common on these wide single-story plans price accordingly. We look at mounting and access before quoting rather than applying a flat per-panel figure.
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