Topp Home

Topp Homes/Solar Grids Central PA sets the bar – and sets it very high. We encountered Topp/Solar Grids and owner Todd Sanford at the PA Home Show; they left a great first impression with informative, straightforward, and personable initial conversations. Through a process where we met and secured quotes from about 6 roofing companies (some also did solar) and 2-3 solar companies (some also handling roofing), Topp/Solar Grids/Todd stood out for best interaction with a confidence-inspiring approach, economical project pricing, and quality materials. Our experience start-to-finish set a benchmark for roofing, solar, and contractors in general. Todd’s initial home visit provided clear information on options for both roof and solar, including a clear explanation of Topp’s Solar Grids partnership. He provided refreshing honesty, mentioning for instance gutters that were in good condition, so he ethically did not feel right suggesting we replace them. We had a solid layout on what to expect, timeframes, pricing and financing options, factors that impacted our bottom line (especially with the solar piece and costs/credits/benefits to consider), flow of the project, and how we would be kept updated throughout the process. That outline truly manifested as described throughout the entire project. Roof installation day was so efficient and expeditious that even our neighbors commented on how impressive the crew was. We have a very large roof (40 squares), which was stripped, repaired, underlaid, and ready for shingling within 4-5 hours; then shingles, ridge vents, details, clean-up, and load-out were finished within another 6-7 hours. One Saturday – done. Topp’s roofing crew was exceptional – professional, considerate, lightning fast, thorough, and highly competent. Their crew lead even checked in throughout the day to ensure our dogs were not being overly stressed by the noise and process! The area was cleaned well and combed for straggling items not only on the day of, but even again in the later solar install day as a second pass. Solar involved the normal various approvals plus some electrical updates our home needed. Topp provided their electrician’s options but was open and entirely collaborative when we wished to use our own past electrician. Navigating the PP&L approval process and securing the solar equipment went smoothly with regular updates, including Todd letting us know of a needed solar equipment change done without additional charge to us. The same crew and crew lead were back on solar install day showing the same skill and efficiency, plus their electrician and a solar engineer (bravo to a female engineer in a male-dominated role!). A 26-panel system was installed, tested, and completed within ~6 hours. Full approvals/inspections allowing us to go live also happened in communicated timeframes. The solar monitoring portal and PA SREC program portals set up for us by Topp are informative and helpful. Company owner Todd is passionate about providing customers with an exceptional experience; he demonstrated consistent follow-through, regular updates, positivity, sincerity, and a generous and collaborative spirit. Topp/Solar Grids is clearly appreciative of customer participation in the process as well as referrals. We were quite pleased our first referred friend had the same solidly positive experience with Topp/Solar Grids/Todd that we did. We are thankful we found Topp, Solar Grids, and Todd. Positive reviews, referrals to others, and future return to their services for our home projects are all easy decisions when the companies and people leave such exceptionally positive impressions, showing high-quality craftsmanship and valued customer treatment.