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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">i tried to reason with the building department with your logic that the snow would now slide off the roof rather than accumulate... but got no joy. the solution is usually to find an engineer willing to certify the roof will hold the loading... but i tend to shy away from roof mounts here in snow country anyway because often the lower module frame edge gets peeled off the panel usually resulting in broken glass.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;">On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:48am, "Gary Bassett" <gary@hudsonsolar.com> said:<br /><br /></p>
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