As we build our latest off grid home we are living in a Yurt. The exterior roof is a vinyl product. A neighbor complained to the county about our white roof this summer & we offered to paint it to be neighborly. The manufacturer had us use a latex/acrylic paint on the roof. It has worked well. I assume that there are definitely paints that would work on the various pipe insulations at a much lower cost than aluminum coverings. All it took was a call to the manufacturer.
I wonder now that snow has started if our neighbor will want the roof white again.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.biz "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Please consider the environment before printing this email. -----Original Message----- From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of cwarfel Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 4:52 AM To: solar1onl...@charter.net; 'RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org' <RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor rated insulation covering for Solar Water Heating Systems I thinkthis problem is really only "solved" by using the coverings suggested, especially it seems, aluminum jacketing. I will be going off island in a week and I will have the chance to go to a store that sells these products. I am hoping to put this system into HomePower, so, this will be part of the article. Thanks for everyone's responses. I hopefully responded to everyone off line. Stay tuned. Chris On 11/6/2017 4:57 PM, solar1onl...@charter.net wrote: > Hi Chris, Your question certainly generated a number of responses. > While the field applied covering I mentioned certainly peeled off and > had the consistency of latex paint, I did _not_ perform an analysis. > There is outdoor latex paint which should have UV inhibitors, so > perhaps it really was latex. The original owner is gone, so no help > there but a paint manufacturer may be able to verify latex paint as an > inexpensive _and effective_ covering solution. What made this solution > stand out in my mind so well was the flex roof flashings, which when > unprotected become brittle (and useless) oftentimes before the ten > year mark. This painted flashing was just as flexible as a new unit > and as you are well aware, replacing a solar flashing is way more > involved than a plumbing flashing. I am aware of many manufacturers > that rebrand/repackage a common item as a solution for a very specific > problem and charge an outlandish premium for the common item in a > shiny package (sometimes not even a shiny package). Bill > > ----------------------------------------- > > From: "cwarfel" > To: > Cc: > Sent: 06-Nov-2017 13:01:11 +0000 > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor rated insulation covering for Solar > Water Heating Systems > > Hi Bill, thanks. I did not think latex would hold up anywhere near > that long. Chris > > > On 11/4/2017 9:13 AM, solar1onl...@charter.net wrote: > > Chris, > > The fitted covers certainly provide a more finished appearance. One of > my customers painted the insulation (w/o fitted covers) with latex > paint and after 30+ years the insulation was still quite flexible. My > take away was simply that eliminating the sun (UV) effects paid off > big time. As I remember they used white paint. > > Best wishes, > > Bill Loesch > Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar > 314 631 1094 > > -----------------------------------------From: "Glenn Burt" > To: "RE-wrenches" > Cc: > Sent: 04-Nov-2017 00:21:14 +0000 > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Outdoor rated insulation covering for Solar > Water Heating Systems > > How about the white PVC jacketing? You can buy fitted elbow covers > and other fitted parts as well. 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