The brief
The owner wanted solar without the usual bolted-on frames and rails. Panels and metal sheets had to share the same roof plane across several slopes and hips, with every seam, panel edge and fixing line meeting exactly at the ridge.
Sweden · 2025
Standing seam roof with integrated solar
A high-specification private house in Sweden re-roofed in black standing seam metal, with slim in-roof solar panels set flush into the roof plane so the house generates power without looking like it does.
How we built it
The structure was stripped and rebuilt with new counter-battens and battens set out to the panel module, not just to the metal. We set the panel field first, then formed the standing seam sheets around it, keeping the water path continuous under both. Flashings, ridge and hips were fabricated on site to suit the finished setting-out.
Outcome
A roof that reads as one uninterrupted black surface from the street, with the solar array almost invisible, full weather performance in Swedish winter conditions, and generation from day one.
Client reviews
Homeowners who would hire us again.
4.9
out of 5 · 60+ completed projects
“They stripped the old roof and had the new tiles on before the autumn rain. Weekly photos meant we never once had to chase them. The finish around the chimneys is better than the original.”
“From the first site visit to handover it was the same person, and he answered the phone every time. The house was ready on the date written in the contract — I did not think that still happened.”
“The parquet they laid is the first thing every guest comments on. They protected the rest of the flat, worked cleanly, and the final invoice matched the quote to the euro.”
“Our sauna heats evenly, the benches are solid, and two winters later not a single board has moved. They explained every material choice before we paid for anything.”
“They built the terrace on ground screws without touching the garden, wired the lighting, and were gone in days. It has become the room we use most from May to September.”
“A seven-thousand square metre site cleared, graded and replanted around a working kindergarten, with zero disruption to the children. The most organised contractor we have hired.”
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What you get either way.
Fixed written scope
Line-by-line quote before anything starts. Changes priced and agreed in writing.
The person who quotes it, builds it
No call centre, no handover between departments — your project lead is on site and on the phone from first visit to handover.
Weekly photo updates
Standard for owners who are abroad — most of our clients are not on site each week.
Custom plans for any family size
Whether you are a couple or three generations under one roof, the plan is sized to your household.
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- Where we work
- Latvia, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Norway and Finland