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    Advice on company who wants to lease roof to fit PV cells

    :smilewinkgrin: Hi, A relative of mine has been asked by a company to lease the roof to them to fit PV cells. I was wondering if it would be worth while, they are out all day, so not much power used ,which would mean the company would be able to claim the tarrif for supplying power into the...
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    correct way to install on roof with concrete tiles

    Curious for some advice - assuming I select an installer that I'm comfortable with what should I be looking for with how they plan to mount the panels to the roof? The house is about 20 years old with a roof built from trusses on 400mm centres using concrete tiles. I'm not sure what the...
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    Roof Surveys

    What qualifications do you need to say roof structures are safe for pv installs,seems a bit of a grey area as usual does it have to have structual calcs for every job do outbuildings count also your thoughts welcome.
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    roof calculation for solar panels

    is it a requirment for roof calcs for mcs inspection does anyone know them
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    Asbestos Farm Roof

    Hi Everyone. Has any one ever installed a system on a Asbestos ?farm roof. If so, How did you do it and what are the health and safety rules? Many Thanks for your help Tom
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    Schuco in roof

    Anyone installed schuco in roof system what sort of membrane goes underneath?
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    What's a ''GOOD'' 3KW package for a roof system??

    A good friend in Cyprus has contacted me today about roof PV installations. I don't know if any of you heard about the total cock-up the Cyp's made by storing high explosives right next to the main power station of Cyprus. ...Well it is no-more, ...and there is going to be a good many power...
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    roof structure

    Hi When i survey a new job I am wondering about the building regs for the solar panels and the weight of the roof do you have to have a strutural engineers report or can you calculate this by a computer programme etc. I know you cannot have them on thatched and listed buildings etc
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    Help with PV*Sol on half hipped roof

    Hi, Just spent ages setting up the geometry for a half hipped roof in the 3D model and now found I can't add any panels to the lower half of the roof, only onto Attic Storey 2! Anybody come across this before? Could just do it as a regular roof and block off the corner but then what is the...
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    Mounting onto SIPS panels (warm roof)

    Anybody had any experience mounting onto a roof with insulation over the rafters, a so-called warm roof? Could you put hanger bolts down through the SIPS panels as some installers do on a slate roof? (but let's not get started on that discussion on this thread!) But would still have a problem...
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    Mounting system for a garage roof

    Has anyone ever put panels on a flat garage felted roof? Roof size is 3mtrs by 4.5mtrs. Is there a suitable mounting system that won't penetrate the felt? Thanks for all the help
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    Rent a roof

    Done quick search on here and probably not found the right lingo for the search engine, so tell me if its been covered. If not has anybody come across this? Sounds to me like a legal scam, and how does it work?
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    PV systems with modules on south facing & South west facing aspects of roof

    Hi I am drawing up a quote for a PV system. The property is a double bay semi detached property with a small dormer rafter pitch at the front, which is the south facing aspect of the roof. Due to the dormer pitch, we can only fit 5 x 195w panels, in a staggered formation, onto this south facing...
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    tricky roof situation HELP

    I have a tricky roof situation basically 3 small area’s one facing south the other 2 which really are the same roof just separated by different pitches are facing east. Now I presumed we could implement an east south split there would be 8 X 190wp on the south roof 8 X 190wp on the...
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    tricky roof situation HELP

    I have a tricky roof situation basically 3 small area’s one facing south the other 2 which really are the same roof just separated by different pitches are facing east. Now I presumed we could implement an east south split there would be 8 X 190wp on the south roof 8 X 190wp on the...
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    Wind noise of roof mounted PV array

    I just conducted a site survey and got a new question that I didn't know the answer to.... The customer has an open barn conversion and explains that the rain makes a terrible noise and can disturb tv watching for example. The PV panels will provide a barrier to rainfall hopefully reducing the...
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    What is your preferred method of getting your DC cables into the roof void

    Hi I am about to start my first installation and I am thinking about how to run dc cables from the modules into say. . a roof void. I think I would ok with a 20/25 mm plastic conduit through the soffet and into the roof space that way, but I have reservations about the cable/conduit lasting 25...
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    Escort Van Roof Rack heavy duty ...FIFE

    Anyone want a good heavy duty roof rack yours for a good bottle of Malt .
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    Double romans roof tiles kicking up

    Hi i know this is an electrical forum but I was wondering if anyone could help me, we attempted our first solar installation this week and used the schuco, the roof anchor really seemed the kick the tile up quite high, we used the SCH-256315 which has an upstand of 46mm, we looking in to it the...
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    kin span roof ( roof is metal )

    i am installing a pv system on a king span roof in 2 weeks time, have any of you ever installed one on a king span roof, if so do i need to earth the frame work of the pv system and what is the best way to bring the dc cables through the metal king span so it is water tight and correct, any...
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