The first problem most people have with windmill kits is figuring out where they should be placed on one’s property. The question always is where will be the best place to capture the most wind energy for the least upfront cost.
The roof is usually the best place for most people and here’s why…

Universally available real estate-in a nutshell, everyone has a roof. Using the roof does not require you to take up land that you would ordinarily use for something else. Most people’s roofs are unoccupied anyway and you can use that real estate to your advantage and for home energy production.

Easy to install-if you’re working on your roof, you’re not that high up and most people can do that type of work themselves about hiring an outside contractor. If you have to have someone else install the turbine for you it can double the cost of the project. So if you’re at all mechanically inclined and don’t mind doing this yourself, you can save yourself a ton of money by locating your first wind turbine on your roof.

Easy access for repairs-these home wind kits are going to eventually require maintenance and if you locate the device on your roof it’s going to be a lot easier to get to that if you mount it on a turbine tower 100 or 200 feet in the air. While it does keep you from optimizing the amount of power the you can make-because a device is mounted on the tower is lot more efficient-it is a good trade-off. You get wind energy for your home but also it does not require a fortune in maintenance costs by outside professionals.

There are many ornamental designs available-because we’re talking about a roof, there are a lot of people that have problems with their local communities in terms of finding ways to get them installed and making it through the permitting process. Therefore, manufacturers have gone out of their way to make wind devices that can be located on roofs a lot more aesthetically attractive than those that are located on towers. There are some that look like they’re part of the roof environment and are indistinguishable from other sections of the roof. These are largely vertical axis devices that are less efficient than the horizontal axis devices found on towers.

With wind turbine kits, roofs are a strong option for locating this type of device and start making power quickly. You can very easily put one up on your roof yourself without outside help, in most cases.