A standing seam zinc/aluminum or copper roof is ventilated. That alone causes higher costs.
If you could elaborate on that, I would appreciate it.
How should one save on the substructure? Should the photovoltaic modules be glued onto the seams?
I would really like to see that.
Actually, gluing works, I have already done that on a motorhome. For a carport, though, I would rather screw them on. And yes – just on top. There are mounting systems for that. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to link them.
What on earth is tile tetris supposed to be?
Raise tiles, place roof hooks, cut, put tiles back in. If it goes badly, half of the ridge has to be uncovered. There is often a lot to do at the eaves as well. For me, surely 5% of all tiles were removed once. That part took the most time. With a metal roof, you simply screw through it, which saves a lot of money and time.
However, I don’t have the aluminum or copper you mentioned here. It wasn’t supposed to be especially expensive. ;-)