<div dir="auto"><div>That's a great question, Scot. I don't have an answer, but it did remind me that for these remove and replace jobs I always measure and record the old lag locations to make sure that my new penetrations are at least a couple of inches away.</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Shine On!<br><br>Kris Schmid<br>Legacy Solar, LLC<br>137 West 1st Avenue<br>Luck, WI 54853<br><a href="http://www.legacysolar.com">www.legacysolar.com</a><br>715-653-4295<br>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>Licensed Wisconsin Master Electrician<br>BSEE</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 29, 2024, 5:16 PM Scot Arey via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_5908329812489418282WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">With all our Texas hail storms, we now have roof solar systems that might have to come down for the third time as hail-pockmarked shingles need replacement. We’re at the 11-year mark of doing business and we have some customers ready for another insurance roof claim,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So that means a new set of lag screws drilled into rafters…after how many times is that 2x6 rafter not 2x6 strength?<br><br>I’ve asked this to my 3<sup>rd</sup> party structural engineer and instead of an answer got a “wow, hadn’t thought of that.” We’ve considered going to deck mounts to avoid rafters at the 3<sup>rd</sup> “detach and reset.”<br><br>Any of you guys consider this and have your techniques? I suppose in perfect world, the mount would stay in place and roofer would shingle around it but we still use old-school metal flashing so that is really not possible. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="385" height="152" style="width:4.0104in;height:1.5833in" id="m_5908329812489418282Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DAB1EB.D28121C0"><span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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