Patent ID: 8312693

Claim:
A method of laying a photovoltaic roof in which the photovoltaic roof has photovoltaic bituminous tiles, the method comprising: placing a plurality of spacers along a pitch of the roof according to a marking thereon; positioning a first photovoltaic bituminous tile inside the marking; fixing the first photovoltaic bituminous tile to the roof by riveting or by torching; placing a plurality of further photovoltaic bituminous tiles in side-by-side relation on at least one side of said first photovoltaic bituminous tile so as to complete a first row, each of the plurality of photovoltaic bituminous tiles having an upper protective film over an adhesive band formed thereon; joining said first photovoltaic bituminous tile with said plurality of further photovoltaic bituminous tiles in waterproof relation; positioning a pair of angle sections with a butylic band at each junction between the adjacent photovoltaic bituminous tiles, one of said pair of angle sections being superimposed at a junction line between the adjacent photovoltaic bituminous tiles such that the butylic band adheres thereto, the other of said pair of angle sections being parallel to and spaced from said one of said pair of angle sections so as to have a connector therebetween; removing the upper protective film from the adhesive band on the photovoltaic bituminous tiles; positioning the spacers onto the adhesive bands of photovoltaic bituminous tiles along a top edge of the photovoltaic bituminous tiles; placing another row of photovoltaic bituminous tiles contiguous to the photovoltaic bituminous tiles of the first row, the spacers receiving the lower edge of the photovoltaic bituminous tiles of said another row, the photovoltaic bituminous tiles of a second row positioned onto the butylic band of the angle section; connecting the connectors of the photovoltaic bituminous tiles of the first row to said second row together; and applying a covering by screws into holes formed along a wall of the angle section so as to protect the connected connectors.