We've used the standoff and boot method successfully. It dictates where you put your rows to some extent, but it's not too bad. There is definitely a hefty up-charge on this roof type. It adds quite a bit of labor and material.
*Jason Szumlanski** * *Fafco Solar * On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Will White <william.wh...@realgoods.com>wrote: > We've done a couple of installs on metal shingle roofs and we used the > Unirac stand offs with the Oatey boots. We had the standoffs and flashing > installed by the roofer so it wouldn't void the roof warranty. It cost > about $1500 extra but we thought it was worth if in case of a leak. > > Thanks, > Will > > > > __________________________________________________________________________________________ > Will White > Regional Field Operations Manager - New England > > Real Goods Solar > 64 Main St. > Montpelier, VT 05602 > Tel: (802) 223-7804 > Cell: (802) 234-3167 > www.realgoodssolar.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: > re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Dahl > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:33 PM > To: Wrenches > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Metal shingles > > Hello, > > I looked at a site today and the roofing was a brand of metal shingle. > This was just a quick drive by and check out the site so I don't have > access to the brand or method of attachment. > > It still got me thinking, what are people doing for attachments to roofing > like this? 6/12 pitch, and from the photos the client sent me, the > structure is 2"X6" truss running N-S, with 1"x4" strapping every 4' running > E-W along with 5/8" OSB on top of the strapping. The trusses look to be on > 4' centers (just judging by the photo). > > The only thing I can think of is EJOT type fasteners through the shingle > into the truss. The shingles would crush a little bit, but the OSB would > support it pretty well. Otherwise removing the shingles where the feet > would go and then..... > > As always thanks for all the help. > > Jesse > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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