Solar Overcladding Installation
Upgrade your roof and generate clean electricity in one programme, a watertight “second-skin” overclad solution with optional insulation and minimal disruption.
What is Solar Overladding?
Upgrade a leaking or ageing commercial roof, and generate clean electricity at the same time.
Solar overcladding adds a new weatherproof “second skin” over your existing roof (and walls where required). Instead of standard metal sheeting, we integrate Tier 1 solar modules into the new external layer, creating a roof that protects your building and produces power.
Why choose Solar Cladding?
Protect your building
A new external roof layer helps resolve common issues like persistent leaks, ageing roof sheets, and deteriorated roof build-ups, while improving long-term resilience.
Generate electricity
Your roof doesn’t just keep the weather out, it actively produces electricity to reduce grid consumption and support wider decarbonisation goals.
Minimal disruption
Overcladding is typically far less disruptive than full roof strip-and-replace because the original roof can often remain in place while the new layer is installed above.
Improve insulation performance
Where appropriate, insulation can be added during the overclad process to improve thermal performance and reduce heating costs.
What’s included in our solar overcladding service
Every site is different, so the scope is designed around your building, roof type and operational needs. A typical project includes:
- Roof condition survey & feasibility
- Design of the overclad build-up (roof and wall areas where required)
- Spacer-bar / support system for the new external layer (where applicable)
- Optional insulation upgrade during overcladding
- Solar-integrated cladding installation using Tier 1 solar modules
- Commissioning & handover (system documentation and guidance)
Book a free technical survey
Our solar overcladding process
Most working farms already have what solar needs: space, sun and annual electricity demand. Our team of specialists assess:
Free technical survey
We assess roof condition, key details (profile, fixings, penetrations, rooflights), and access requirements.
Feasibility & design
We confirm the overclad build-up, insulation options (if required), and solar layout to match your energy goals.
Proposal & programme
You receive a clear scope of works, installation plan, and indicative timelines designed to reduce disruption.
Installation
The new “second skin” is installed over the existing roof, followed by solar integration and electrical works, testing and commissioning for handover.
Can solar overcladding be installed on asbestos roofs?
In many cases, yes. Solar overcladding can often be a practical route where asbestos cement roofing is present, because the original roof can remain in place while a new external layer is installed above (subject to survey and safe working requirements).
The first step is a site survey so we can confirm suitability and the safest approach for your building.
