Bird Proofing Solar Panels

We appreciate your efforts in turning your home into a green-energy home, but what we don’t appreciate is birds messing up those panels. With a properly installed bird mesh, you won’t have that problem, and birds won’t be bothering you again. It is important to remember to get a protective mesh around your panels as soon as possible because you don’t want them to start building a family underneath your panels. Why wouldn’t they? It offers excellent protection against the elements and animals. Not to mention the mess they make on your roof, but that’s a story for another day.

• When you have a family of birds nesting underneath your panels, getting them out safely and without damaging the solar panels is essential. We still have respect for animals and don’t want to harm them. That’s why you should get a professional to help with removing the birds’ nest.
• The damage birds can cause to your panels can be detrimental to the longevity of your system. For one, their droppings can damage the metal frame, birds can also attract other rodents to their nests, and they will chew on any visible electrical wiring. All this will cause a significant loss in efficiency, leading to electrical fires if not maintained properly.
• We can’t stress this enough: birds are known to carry diseases, and their droppings are also famous for it. They have viruses such as salmonella and meningitis, which go airborne in your home. We don’t need to explain what the implications can be with those viruses. We’re not here to scare you; we’re here to help you and protect your solar panels and, in turn, keep your family safe.

When you think about bird proofing mesh, it might sound like a waste of money. That couldn’t be further from the truth. If you keep your panels unattended, that will lead to money-wasting and a lot more than if you’d installed mesh in the first place. You don’t need any fancy equipment when a nice mesh will do the trick, something so simple yet so effective. Decreasing the overall carbon footprint is crucial to the planet, and with solar panels, you’re helping the environment, and we thank you for that. There are, however, some mistakes people make with solar guards.

• Sometimes the equipment doesn’t have to be fancy, it can be something unassuming like the mesh, but it works. You don’t want to waste your money on cheaper products that don’t work, like metal spikes. Yes, they might be more affordable, but they aren’t durable with the elements, they don’t have an aesthetic appeal, and birds can still get underneath your panels.
• Not having a professional install the mesh can have its consequences, damaging the roof tiles.
• Before and after installation, cleaning up the debris from the mesh and the bird droppings is just as crucial as the properly installed mesh.