Another reason why I never put solar panels on a dwelling roof.
However, it seems crazy to be drilling holes to find the rafter still in
2023. $.02
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
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On 2023-04-17 7:04 am, Daniel Young via RE-wrenches wrote:
Can echo this, I did a fresh look into this last year and still have
not found anything better than a hammer and feeler tool.
We are considering going to a deck direct attachment like rooftech as
well, which makes rafter locations less critical. We intend to still
have crews find the rafter and place the attachments on the rafter as
best they can without drilling holes. As the attachments still prefer
to be located on a rafter to maximize snow load bearing capacity. Nice
thing about the Rooftech is that if you miss the rafter location with
the center holes, it's entirely likely you will hit it with the side
screws. In either case you are still sitting above the rafter and can
expect to bear significant weight there instead of relying on the
OSB/Plywood decking.
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From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf
Of Kristopher Schmid via RE-wrenches
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2023 2:47 PM
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>
Cc: Kristopher Schmid <sol...@legacysolar.com>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Truss finder
Thanks William! Laughed out loud at the first picture!
Shine On!
Kris Schmid
Legacy Solar, LLC
137 West 1st Avenue
Luck, WI 54853
www.legacysolar.com [1]
715-653-4295
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician
BSEE
On Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 10:12 AM Kristopher Schmid
<sol...@legacysolar.com> wrote:
I am considering buying a deep scanner for locating trusses. Any
recommendations or testimonials?
Shine On!
Kris Schmid
Legacy Solar, LLC
137 West 1st Avenue
Luck, WI 54853
www.legacysolar.com [1]
715-653-4295
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician
BSEE
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