Daniel: Could you install permanent fall protection anchors strategically located? Service personnel could anchor in wherever needed. S-5 style fall anchors are made.
Wm > On Aug 13, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Daniel Young <dyo...@dovetailsolar.com> wrote: > > We have a job going in on 1 ¼”:12 standing seam commercial roof. When we > tried to walk the drawings through the permit department, we were told that > we had to keep the solar modules 10’ from the roof edge because they are > serviceable equipment. > > We’ve run into this before, and have been successful arguing that the solar > modules are not installed as serviceable equipment (they require service > intervals closer to the roof membrane on flat roofs [little to no attention > for 20+yrs], rather than the roof top AC unit as an example). We install all > pass-thru boxes or other similar enclosures at least 10’ from the roof edge > as well to make it clear the most likely parts to be inspected/serviced would > be safe. We also pointed out the International Fire codes rules on keeping > the array 4’ from the edge of the roof (smaller commercial building, so we > are in the 4’ setback category, rather than the 6’ setback). To all this he > said “you can’t tell me that no one will ever service those solar modules. If > someone falls off the roof and dies, I wanna be able to say I did my job…” > > So, I think my only option is to point to a well backed definition for > serviceable equipment to show him that the solar modules do not qualify. Does > anyone have any good source to help with this issue? Or would the majority of > you say that 10’ is the right call anyway? > > I know I might just be up against a hard ^%$# inspector and have to just go > with it, but I also do not want to set precedent within my states default > commercial code agency if I don’t have to. > > With Regards, > > Daniel Young, > NABCEP Certified PV Installation ProfessionalTM: Cert #031508-90 > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
_______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
