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<font size=3>Rebecca:<br><br>
It sounds like you have made an air-tight case (pun intended) and you
have still not been able to convince this thick-headed inspector. I
have had a similar experience last summer that might be relevant:
After being pushed around beyond my patience, I fought back. I
worked up the chain of command, stayed professional and put it all in
writing. <br><br>
I won the battle and set a precedent. I have forbidden the building
department from assigning the problem inspector to my projects and, to my
amazement, the department obeys my request!<br><br>
Good luck, and let us know how it turns out<br><br>
William Miller<br><br>
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At 05:55 PM 12/4/2009, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Solar is somewhat 'new technology'
where I live. :-) I have a building inspector that feels that (32) Sanyo
modules (6.88 kW array) mounted to a house roof is going to cause undue
stress to the roof truss (it is a regular house in a Minnesota suburb,
building height is 26', 30 degree roof angle, in a suburban neighborhood.
2" x 4" manufactured truss). We are leaving 12-24" on each
edge with no PV, and are careful to attach to the center of each
rafter.<br><br>
The inspector is not that concerned with dead load, but is especially
concerned with wind load. We have provided an engineering letter that
ascertains that a solar array mounted parallel to the roof surface is
well within the parameters of what a typical roof truss can handle. We
were required to have an engineer look at this address specifically, so
we then provided an additional engineer's letter that affirmed that yes,
solar mounted in the manner we proposed (with Quick-Mount attachment and
Unirac SolarMount rails, all installed according to manufacturers'
instructions) would be fine on this home. The building inspector insists
that the wind load is excessive, and wants more analysis. Do any of you
have ideas, experience, or data that might help me?<br><br>
Rebecca Lundberg</font></blockquote></body>
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