Thanks Jason. Ihave been involved with educating firefighters on solar
as part of my work and access is always an issue. So, I tell the
customer that we are going to extend the rails past the array with an
attachment so that we can access the roof and so can others. They did
not remember that. It has an RS combiner on the roofwith a switch. The
roof pitch is 12/12 with a badly graded front that precluded a boom lift
getting to the west part. The roof was about 45' above the ground. We
worked with harnesses and needed the extra rail to work safely and not
destroy the shingles.
I may try to screw an aluminum laminateto it. Will experiment first. I
do think they will get used to it, but the rails are about 8" past the
array do we could hit a rafter and not cantilever the rail. Design wind
speed is now 140mph here. Chris
On 6/11/2018 1:08 PM, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
We have been painting mill finish aluminum flashings for one large
repeat customer, and I can tell you that it doesn't look great. I
strongly question the long-term efficacy of this practice. But the
customer is always right... so we do it despite our protests. I would
refuse for a one-off job. I only do it because we have a contract for
hundreds of homes and my bargaining position is not good.
How much rail is really exposed anyway? We use Unirac's pro style end
clamps the rails don't really stick out much anyway. Or use BoB panes
with black rails and clamps.
Jason
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 11:10 AM cwarfel
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A customer has asked that I look into painting the exposed parts
of the anodized rails on their roof mounted system to more closely
match the shingles. (New construction, we did not know what the
shingle color was going to be, and I have to say, I did not ask).
Has anyone any experience with this? Thank you for any help. Chris
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