Thanks for the advice. Good points on the warranty of the roofing material, never crossed my mind...
I have all the confidence I can cut the roof to flash (3 generation carpenter before I became an electrician). What is the process for removing a shingle? I'm guessing the shingles interlock where the overlap. Jesse Sent from my iPhone On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Jason Szumlanski <ja...@fafcosolar.com> wrote: > Tin snips does the trick. I have a guy with 20+ years of roof experience > that's a craftsman with snips. It's easy to butcher it if you let a junior > guy do it. > > Jason Szumlanski > Fafco Solar > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> wrote: >> How is this roof type for flashing? Do you just cut it with a tin snips? >> My project only entails replacing an unflashed conduit penetration with a >> Soladeck, so I'm hoping it won't be too bad. >> >> R.Ray Walters >> CTO, Solarray, Inc >> Nabcep Certified PV Installer, >> Licensed Master Electrician >> Solar Design Engineer >> 303 505-8760 >> On 3/21/2013 8:58 AM, Jason Szumlanski wrote: >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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