Re: [RE-wrenches] Slate roof attachment?

2015-07-09 Thread Drake
We did a slate roof project. We got the equipment 
from Quickmount. The system involved a standoff 
bolted to the purlins with an oversized flashing. 
Three slates needed to be removed for each 
attachment, and a hole cut in the slate for the 
standoff. The system works well, but was expensive and slow to install.


Don't use any system that requires compressing 
the slate. Such an approach had originally been 
recommended, but our roofer agreed that it was a 
very bad method. You will need a slate roof guy 
to remove and replace the slates, and repair any damage that occurs.


Drake Chamberlin
Athens Electric LLC
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NABCEP Certified Solar PV
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At 05:01 PM 7/8/2015, you wrote:

Wrenches,
Anyone out there attach to slate roofs? we've 
had one, that ended with us re-roofing the 
portion of the roof under the array, but I'm 
wondering if there is a great product out there 
that others have used? Thus far, the only 
attachment I can find is the PV Quickmount shake 
flashing that even mentions slate.  Ideas?


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Re: [RE-wrenches] Slate roof attachment?

2015-07-09 Thread Will White
We recently did a slate roof.  We used the Unirac standoff posts and Oatey 
flashings.  We had the roofer who installed the slate put the posts in.  He 
also left his staging up for us to work on.  This is the only slate roof we’ve 
ever done because the cost of the roofer usually makes the job too expensive.

I wouldn’t install the mounts in house because slate is so difficult to work 
with.  You also can’t walk on it or it cracks.

Good Luck,
Will

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From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf 
Of Lars Ortegren
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 5:02 PM
To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Slate roof attachment?

Wrenches,
Anyone out there attach to slate roofs? we've had one, that ended with us 
re-roofing the portion of the roof under the array, but I'm wondering if there 
is a great product out there that others have used? Thus far, the only 
attachment I can find is the PV Quickmount shake flashing that even mentions 
slate.  Ideas?

--

Lars Örtegren/ President

[California Solar Electric Company]http://www.californiasolarco.com/

PO Box 480/149 E.Main St
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Phone : (530)274-3671 Fax: (530)274-7518
California C-10 Electrical Contractor #779624

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