That's exactly what I had proposed, but the owner is looking for a more economical solution. We're pros at S-tile and most tile roofs around here, but the vertical stringers on this roof present some challenges. If the attic wasn't foamed, I'd lean toward a tile hook with blocking where necessary.
*Jason Szumlanski** * *Fafco Solar * On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > I 2nd that idea. I'd just add that we have the tile extend a few inches > under the array, and then the roofer doesn't have to come back. It's also > a great look, as the Array is just a couple of inches above the tile, so it > appears to be almost flush mounted, and the tiles appear to be continuous, > when in fact the array has a nice 6 to 8" air space under it. > > R.Ray Walters > CTO, Solarray, Inc > Nabcep Certified PV Installer, > Licensed Master Electrician > Solar Design Engineer303 505-8760 > > On 6/7/2013 2:22 PM, Max Balchowsky wrote: > > Jason, what we've done many tines on these types of roofs is had the > homeowner work with a roofer of their choice, or we would supply one, to > remove the tile on the area where the array will be. then they put down a > hot mop or suitable roofing material and we install the racking and array > over it. The roofer then comes back and installs the tile up to the edge of > the array. This provides them with a very clean looking install that looks > integrated into the tile roof. If they don't want to do that we usually use > Prosolar tile track, or something similar, removing the spots where the > penetration is located, drilling the tile for the riser and replacing it > over the top of the riser. > Prosolar has a nice demo of this procedure on their website. > > Max Balchowsky > Design Engineer > SEE Systems > 1048 Irvine Ave Suite 217 > Newport Beach, Ca. 92660 > 760-403-6810 > "Building a Better Future For The Next Generation" > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jason Szumlanski <ja...@fafcosolar.com> <ja...@fafcosolar.com> > *To:* RE-wrenches > <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > *Sent:* Friday, June 7, 2013 12:41 PM > *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] PV on Mission Tile > > Anyone have any best practices or product recommendations for installing > PV on mission tile with vertical 2x4 stringers? Specifically, I'm looking > at a Ludowici mission clay tile. > > *Jason Szumlanski** * > *Fafco Solar > * > >
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