Valor and Trilogy at Valor are Kuna's newest build wave, single-level portico-entry homes with black-framed windows, oversized sliders and glassed-in covered patios. Single-level roofs are the easiest to work and the ones most exposed to sprinklers.
On a two-story the upper array sits safely above the spray. On a single-level Trilogy plan there is no such height, so the whole array is within reach of sprinkler overspray, 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. The soiling is uniform across the array rather than concentrated at one edge, which makes whole-array cleaning the sensible purchase.
Where a head throws onto the array, mineral returns within weeks of any cleaning, so identifying the head matters more than the clean. We point out the offending one at no charge while we are on site. On a low single-level roof this is very often the whole answer, and saying so costs us the repeat work, which is rather the point of saying it.
Single-level roofs are the most straightforward arrays we work: lower, safer, and reachable from the ground with water-fed equipment without the geometry problems a tall two-story on a narrow lot presents. That keeps the job efficient and the quote sensible relative to a comparable array on a two-story. We still do not walk on panels, because point loading micro-fractures cells and permanently reduces output whatever the roof height.
The glassed-in covered patios on these plans sometimes sit adjacent to the array and shade a corner of it in certain seasons, which is worth checking if output is down, because shading is not a cleaning problem. Panels are flooded with pure deionized water, which dries leaving nothing behind, with nothing abrasive on the coating and no soap. Solar panel cleaning is quoted by array size.
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Because a single-level roof sits entirely within sprinkler reach, so overspray from untreated canal water hits all of it. On a two-story the upper array stays above the spray. The soiling is uniform, which makes whole-array cleaning the sensible purchase.
Usually, by adjusting the head throwing onto the array, which we identify at no charge. On a low single-level roof that is very often the whole answer, because otherwise the mineral returns within weeks of any cleaning.
Generally the job is more straightforward, because the array is lower, safer and reachable from the ground without the geometry problems a tall two-story on a narrow lot presents. That keeps the quote sensible relative to a comparable array higher up.
It is worth checking if output is down. The glassed-in covered patios on these plans sometimes sit adjacent to the array and shade a corner in certain seasons, and shading is not a cleaning problem, so a wash would not address it.
No, regardless of roof height. Panels take weight without visibly breaking, but point loading micro-fractures the cells and permanently reduces output, and the damage only shows when you compare production year on year.
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