Wrenches, The only requirements which are in force able is the fire code, any distance from the edge does not matter as OSHA requires anyone less then 6 feet to be tied off anyway so falling is out of the question. Is there only one person in that office or would a second walk in change the possible outcome. On Aug 13, 2015 4:30 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 > > >
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