Great video & good looking array (are those SunPower modules?). One question though, isn't that tree in front of the array going to shade the lower row?
Hello. I am a home owner in FL about to install a 30 panel array on my shingle roof so I have been doing relentless research and checking out many videos. Flashings is where I am stumped. It seems it is standard practice to use a flashing system that is around 12x12 in which you tuck about half of it underneath the above shingle having to tear into it. Now, I'm saying to myself this is not a good idea to have to break apart shingles at all. I don't get why it's standard to do it in this manner. Maybe I am not understanding it. As it has taken me 4 months to finally get my permit to do this I had purchased 5x7 steel flashings on Amazon at about $50 for 100pack. My purchased system included the L-foot with rails and attachments but no flashing parts. As a way to cut costs and perhaps perform a safer method I noticed these flashings fit nicely horizontally between my shingles and that I could firmly tuck the top of the flashing into the above shingle without tearing it apart and putting it directly underneath it. Also the flashing would not overlap the shingle below. See my photo at this link s26.postimg.cc/4hc1x7hi1/20180410_173143.jpg My proposed plan would be to use a generous amount of sealant on the flashing, fill the hole with sealant, then tighten down the bolt through with the proper washers. Sound crazy? Why not go this simple? Am I on to something or do you think I would be at greater risk of leaks or rotting overtime? I would greatly appreciate your opinion Thanks so much!
Any flashing would work but the ones most commonly used are 7x12” with a rubber gasket around the bolt hole. And no matter which flashings u use, would be installed the same way. The singles aren’t being torn apart or damaged in anyway. Every shingle has a tar strip on the back and over time they stick to the shingle below it. You simply pop that tar seal to slide the shingles underneath the row above your penetration. Same as the ones u described. And mp1 is the preferred sealant for the flashings
Thanks Nic! They say the rubber gaskets can break and crack over time though. I'm feeling confident with my plan and I will be looking for np1. I was going to go with this DAP ROOF caulk I found in Home depot but it doesnt say np1 anywhere. I'm thinking about getting rubber washers but still not sure if it's necessary being they may dry and crack over the years. I'm going to start with 1 rail above an attic, run hose water over it, then test the attic for leaks or moisture.
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The tree will shade some panels in the morning. Its a micro inverter system so it only affects those two
Great video & good looking array (are those SunPower modules?). One question though, isn't that tree in front of the array going to shade the lower row?
Doing solar again
These guys r rookies. And those flashings will leak within a few years without using mp1 or some other kind of roofing sealant
Hello. I am a home owner in FL about to install a 30 panel array on my shingle roof so I have been doing relentless research and checking out many videos.
Flashings is where I am stumped. It seems it is standard practice to use a flashing system that is around 12x12 in which you tuck about half of it underneath the above shingle having to tear into it.
Now, I'm saying to myself this is not a good idea to have to break apart shingles at all. I don't get why it's standard to do it in this manner. Maybe I am not understanding it.
As it has taken me 4 months to finally get my permit to do this I had purchased 5x7 steel flashings on Amazon at about $50 for 100pack. My purchased system included the L-foot with rails and attachments but no flashing parts.
As a way to cut costs and perhaps perform a safer method I noticed these flashings fit nicely horizontally between my shingles and that I could firmly tuck the top of the flashing into the above shingle without tearing it apart and putting it directly underneath it. Also the flashing would not overlap the shingle below.
See my photo at this link
s26.postimg.cc/4hc1x7hi1/20180410_173143.jpg
My proposed plan would be to use a generous amount of sealant on the flashing, fill the hole with sealant, then tighten down the bolt through with the proper washers.
Sound crazy?
Why not go this simple?
Am I on to something or do you think I would be at greater risk of leaks or rotting overtime?
I would greatly appreciate your opinion
Thanks so much!
Any flashing would work but the ones most commonly used are 7x12” with a rubber gasket around the bolt hole. And no matter which flashings u use, would be installed the same way. The singles aren’t being torn apart or damaged in anyway. Every shingle has a tar strip on the back and over time they stick to the shingle below it. You simply pop that tar seal to slide the shingles underneath the row above your penetration. Same as the ones u described. And mp1 is the preferred sealant for the flashings
Thanks Nic! They say the rubber gaskets can break and crack over time though. I'm feeling confident with my plan and I will be looking for np1. I was going to go with this DAP ROOF caulk I found in Home depot but it doesnt say np1 anywhere. I'm thinking about getting rubber washers but still not sure if it's necessary being they may dry and crack over the years. I'm going to start with 1 rail above an attic, run hose water over it, then test the attic for leaks or moisture.
WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR HARNESS???