<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">OK, so we need to look outside the box on this rafter finder!<div>what other industries have need of tools that look at wood or metal on the other side of various materials?</div><div>Watched a movie the other night and this guy was finding rebar in concrete 2 to 3 inches thick or was that just Hollywood?<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Dana Orzel<div>C: 208.721.7003<div>E- dana@solarwork.com</div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 17, 2023, at 10:40 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div id="signature">Another reason why I never put solar panels on a dwelling roof. However, it seems crazy to be drilling holes to find the rafter still in 2023. $.02<br>
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2023-04-17 7:04 am, Daniel Young via RE-wrenches wrote:</p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal">Can echo this, I did a fresh look into this last year and still have not found anything better than a hammer and feeler tool.</p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal">We are considering going to a deck direct attachment like rooftech as well, which makes rafter locations less critical. We intend to still have crews find the rafter and place the attachments on the rafter as best they can without drilling holes. As the attachments still prefer to be located on a rafter to maximize snow load bearing capacity. Nice thing about the Rooftech is that if you miss the rafter location with the center holes, it's entirely likely you will hit it with the side screws. In either case you are still sitting above the rafter and can expect to bear significant weight there instead of relying on the OSB/Plywood decking.</p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Kristopher Schmid via RE-wrenches<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Sunday, April 16, 2023 2:47 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><strong>Cc:</strong> Kristopher Schmid <solman@legacysolar.com><br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [RE-wrenches] Truss finder</p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Thanks William! Laughed out loud at the first picture!</p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal">On Sun, Apr 16, 2023, 10:12 AM Kristopher Schmid <<a href="mailto:solman@legacysolar.com" rel="noreferrer">solman@legacysolar.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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