I’m not sure the “clip on” brackets are coded in cyclone prone areas. That being said, great explanation and information! Thanks for taking the time to film.
Hi - other than the main issue of how it is safely anchored, modern roofs donot seem to be designed to be able to support additional loads. My home for example was built late 50's and is a mixture of 4x6 and 4x2 hardwood I had the roof cleaned 2 years ago, and the contractor was suprised that he was able to have 3 people on the roof and there was no sagging, he mentioned many new homes ( say mid 80's onwards ) have a slight say with one more than average weight person - thus he typically has 2 people one left one right side or front / back Most homes with concrete / clay roof tiles would develop cracks and it will take a wile to find the water leak in your home as most times it would soak into the insulation (if fitted )
I've got a tile roof here in Florida. It has excellent south-facing exposure with near perfect pitch for our latitude, but there's no way I would put solar on it. However, I do have room for a ground-mount, so that's what's being installed next month.
Sounds like a job for bitumen impregnated foam around the bracket? On our solar brackets the installers grinded away the underside of the overhanging tile(concrete) to reduce the gap distance. I've checked for leaks in heavy (really heavy) rain from inside the roof space (we have no sarking) and there are none at this stage. But it sounds like it might be a good idea to stuff the gap from the inside to stop any uphill capillary flow.
Excellent analysis, hopefully it will be looked at by the solar groups to provide improved outcomes.
Thank you😊
I’m not sure the “clip on” brackets are coded in cyclone prone areas. That being said, great explanation and information! Thanks for taking the time to film.
Great explanation of the problems of attaching things to roofs they were not designed to carry.
Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
Hi - other than the main issue of how it is safely anchored, modern roofs donot seem to be designed to be able to support additional loads.
My home for example was built late 50's and is a mixture of 4x6 and 4x2 hardwood
I had the roof cleaned 2 years ago, and the contractor was suprised that he was able to have 3 people on the roof and there was no sagging, he mentioned many new homes ( say mid 80's onwards ) have a slight say with one more than average weight person - thus he typically has 2 people one left one right side or front / back
Most homes with concrete / clay roof tiles would develop cracks and it will take a wile to find the water leak in your home as most times it would soak into the insulation (if fitted )
I've got a tile roof here in Florida. It has excellent south-facing exposure with near perfect pitch for our latitude, but there's no way I would put solar on it. However, I do have room for a ground-mount, so that's what's being installed next month.
Sounds like a job for bitumen impregnated foam around the bracket? On our solar brackets the installers grinded away the underside of the overhanging tile(concrete) to reduce the gap distance. I've checked for leaks in heavy (really heavy) rain from inside the roof space (we have no sarking) and there are none at this stage. But it sounds like it might be a good idea to stuff the gap from the inside to stop any uphill capillary flow.
Seems like even more reasons to not have a tile roof.
Thicker packers seem better - there's always gonna be a gap from the bracket
Flash around the top and sides?
Flashing the top portion is always a great idea. 😂
All these bonus features you shall have if you purchase your system from a company that uses a retired cricketer to market their crap.
No hope. Too many cowboys in that game.
Similar to when the government threw money at roof insulation.
Cowboys popping up all over the place