Our experience with American Solar and Roofing was a nightmare. We have a fairly new home with solar panels that were poorly installed by American Solar and Roofing (ASAR), which later caused multiple roof leaks.
Last year, our ceiling started leaking right underneath the solar panels, in our bedroom. We called American Solar (Darcy), and the roofing supervisor came to check it out. Initially, Jesus (the roofing supervisor) and I were looking above the wrong area which made it seem like it wasn’t under the solar panels. I then had multiple companies inspect it, and they ALL showed proof that it was under the solar panels and the damage was caused by the solar company.
(When ASAR installed the panels, they relocated the attic and bathroom vents and didn’t seal them properly and they weren’t up to code. There are also multiple saw cuts into the underlayment. These were all causes of the roof leaks that we’ve yet to get fixed.)
At that point, I called Darcy back and she sent Jesus back out, who then realized the problem is indeed underneath the solar panels and the leak was caused by the solar installation. He then had the solar supervisor come and they “fixed” the problem and told us it shouldn’t leak anymore.
After a few weeks, it rained again and the ceiling underneath the panels leaked worse than ever. I called Darcy, who got in touch with Jesus, who called us and informed us he would come out when it’s dried up and told us they would get it taken care of. Darcy later sent a rather surprising email letting us know they are not going to fix the damage and they weren’t the cause.
Although multiple companies have showed us that the leak was caused by the solar panel installation, we are back at square one.
Now that we have to pursue this legally, we have found that there are multiple lawsuits against ASAR.