Flat plate solar collectors

These efficient flat plates are built to the highest standards by the respected and long-standing German engineering company Schüco.

• Excellent performance – up to 2 kW of power from a single panel;

• Beautifully designed, giving clean-looking lines on the roof;

• Exceptional build quality – 35-year expected life.

Soltrac recommends flat plate collectors for most domestic properties as they are robustly constructed and incorporate very mature technology.

The panels can either be set into the roof ("in-roof"), making them look like a large skylight window (see picture gallery below). This

• Saves on tiles or slates when a roof is being newly covered;

• Is the preferred option when visual impact is important (e.g. in a Conservation Area.)

Or the panels can be be fitted on brackets and rails above the tiles ("on-roof"). This

• Costs slightly less than "in-roof";

• Is preferred if the available roof area is close to a ridge, edge or other obstruction, or the tiles are very large;

• Is the only option if the roof is shallow (less than 22 degrees roof pitch).

Two panels are suitable for most homes but more can be added if the roof orientation is not ideal or if hot water demand is particularly high. Usually the collectors are mounted next to one another in a portrait format, but they can also be configured to match the available roof area, e.g. as a long narrow array with collectors in landscape format (see picture gallery below).

Picture gallery

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In-roof with clay tiles

In-roof close up

In-roof with slates

In-roof before tiles replaced

On-roof panels

On-roof panels (3)