The space between your panels and the roof is warm, dry, shaded, and hidden from predators. To a pigeon or a rat, that is prime real estate. Creature Cover closes it off for good with custom-fit stainless mesh, and no drilling into your roof or panels.
Once a bird or rodent moves into the gap under your array, the problems stack up quickly. Nests block airflow and trap heat against the panels. Droppings are acidic and corrode the frames and roof surface. And the animals that move in are rarely the ones that do the real damage.
The dangerous part is what the nests attract. A pigeon colony draws rats and mice into the cool shade underneath, and rodents chew. They chew the wiring that runs between your panels, which means lost production at best and a genuine fire risk at worst. What starts as a few birds can end as an electrician's bill and a warranty fight.
There is also the noise and the mess: the cooing at dawn, the streaks down your walls, the debris packed into the gap that then holds water against your roof. Sealing the gap once solves all of it at the source.
The number one cause of panel-deck nesting on Oahu, and the reason the rest of the pests show up.
They chew wiring and build nests in the cool shade under the panels. This is the damage that actually costs you.
Less destructive on their own, but they draw predators and leave waste that piles up over time.
The same barrier that stops animals also stops wind-driven leaves from packing the gap and holding moisture.
We use black powder-coated stainless steel mesh, cut to fit the exact perimeter of your array. It attaches with rubber-grip clips that grab the panel frame, so there is zero drilling into your roof or your panels. That matters, because a screw through your roof deck is a future leak, and a hole in your panel frame can void the warranty.
Air still flows freely through the mesh, so your panels vent and stay cool. The mesh sits low and tight under the panel edge, and from underneath, nothing gets in.
Rust-proof and built for salt air. It is cut to your array, not a one-size roll draped over the edge.
Rubber-grip clips fasten to the frame. No holes in your roof, no holes in your panels, warranty intact.
Slim black mesh that tucks tight under the panel edge, so it blocks animals without drawing the eye.
The mesh blocks animals, not air. Your panels keep venting heat and running at their rated temperature.
Included, always. We never seal a cover over an active nest or a packed gap. We clear it out and sanitize underneath, then install.
If a clip fails or a section loosens within five years, we come back and fix it free. No fine print.
We measure your array, check for anything already living up there, and quote the mesh. Existing Soltra customers get priority scheduling.
If we are cleaning your panels anyway, we can measure and quote Creature Cover in the same visit. No second trip charge.
Free assessment and quote, no obligation. We will measure your array and tell you exactly what it takes.