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andrew,<div>a few comments added to your last email...</div><div><br></div><div><p style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; ">You Wrote.... </p><p style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; ">If you ask me this is a dream scenario. The scary thing about S-5!s is that you rarely know how often the roofing panels are attached to the decking and how well the decking is attached to the framing. <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0070C0">i'm not overly familiar with standing seam metal roofs (and i know they are not all created equal) but aren't the screws holding the metal roof panel to the decking visible at the bottom, at the top under the vent cap and anywhere along the length of said panel? i agree about the 'unknown' attachments btwn the decking and the framing </font> In this case you can direct the roofer to fasten the roof as often as you want. I had a PE do an analysis for a sure-fire acceptable attachment method for a standing seam roof given: 90 mph wind zone, 18" wide standing seam roofing panels, flush-mounted PV array (modules to rail to S-5!s, no tilt legs), and his result was that if the roofing panels are fastened every 4" along each seam you are in the clear. <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0070C0">No doubt, that seems like quite a few fasteners.</font> He did not address the decking-to-framing attachment, <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0070C0">So worst case scenario, you get a 90+ mph wind that takes the array, the metal roof <u>and the decking</u> for a ride to the ground,</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); "> (HAS ANYONE SEEN OR HAD THIS HAPPEN?) </span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0070C0">when it is determined that the decking wasn't properly attached to the framing, who do ya call? PV installer, PE who stamped it, roofer? I'm not looking for a place to point fingers, I'm just looking for some insight on this so i understand our responsibilities a bit better. I realize that it would be onerous to confirm the number and placement of decking to framing attachments) </font>but while the roof is off you could add as many fasteners as you want. If the structure of the roof is in question I would definitely have a PE look at it and stamp the plans before proceeding, but once you have everything under the roof robust and approved, you are primed and ready for a worry-free, penetration-free S-5!-to-standing-seam array install.</p><p style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; ">In another email string someone mentioned issues with S-5!s slipping down the roof due to snow which is why I recommend attaching at every seam and breaking out that torque-wrench when installing. <br style="text-indent: 0px !important; "></p><p style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; ">Good luck!</p>...end of your msg</div><div><br></div><div>in response to Kris' suggestion, don't the 2x6's need to be toe-nailed into the 'rafters' on either side? or in this case toe-nailed into the beams? which probably wouldn't be much different than the 'inadvisable' lag bolting into them.</div><div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>benn<br><span class="ecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="color:rgb(0, 32, 96)"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">DayStar Renewable Energy Inc. </font></span><div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">benn@daystarsolar.ca</font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">780-906-7807 </font></div><div><font class="ecxApple-style-span" face="'Franklin Gothic Medium'">HAVE A SUNNY DAY
</font></div><div><br></div></div><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: atruitt@gmail.com<br>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:30:40 -0600<br>To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The perfect solar ready roof<br><br><br>
If you ask me this is a dream scenario. The scary thing about S-5!s is that you rarely know how often the roofing panels are attached to the decking and how well the decking is attached to the framing. In this case you can direct the roofer to fasten the roof as often as you want. I had a PE do an analysis for a sure-fire acceptable attachment method for a standing seam roof given: 90 mph wind zone, 18" wide standing seam roofing panels, flush-mounted PV array (modules to rail to S-5!s, no tilt legs), and his result was that if the roofing panels are fastened every 4" along each seam you are in the clear. He did not address the decking-to-framing attachment, but while the roof is off you could add as many fasteners as you want. If the structure of the roof is in question I would definitely have a PE look at it and stamp the plans before proceeding, but once you have everything under the roof robust and approved, you are primed and ready for a worry-free, penetration-free S-5!-to-standing-seam array install.<BR>
In another email string someone mentioned issues with S-5!s slipping down the roof due to snow which is why I recommend attaching at every seam and breaking out that torque-wrench when installing. <br><BR>Good luck!<span style="color:rgb(0, 102, 0)"></span><BR>
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Kristopher Schmid <<a href="mailto:solman@legacysolar.com">solman@legacysolar.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
<blockquote><font color="#0000ff">What about screwing in double 2x6s flush to the roof deck between the beams where your feet will attach and lag bolting into that? Definitely check with the beam manufacturer first, though.</font><BR>
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<b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott McCalmont<br>
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In general, you shouldn't drill or cut the flanges on engineered wood beams. I think that eliminates lag screws into the rafters. They probably wouldn't have the same pull-out strength as a lag screw into a conventional rafter, either. <br>
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