[RE-wrenches] Need direct-to-decking mounting foot recommendation

[Lorenzo Ortiz]

The S-5 solar-foot attachment worked pretty well for us going into the
decking on a metal roof.
Sunmodo also makes a decking attachment option but I've never used it on a
metal roof though.

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 7:59 PM William Miller <william at millersolar.com>
wrote:

> Friends:
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> I have a roof-top PV project coming up where we will need to mount some of
> our feet without benefit of screwing into rafters.
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> This project is an addition to a previous project, and in that iteration
> we used DPW EZ-feet.  We no longer use DPW products, instead we are a
> Snap-n-Rack house.  I am researching if we could integrate the EZ-foot with
> the Snap-N-Rack, but in the meantime I’d like to ask the hive-mind for any
> recommendations on direct-to-sheeting mounting options.
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> The roof is metal so we will screw right through the metal, into the roof
> sheeting.  We will seal with butyl sheets.  We will connect to TJI joists
> whenever possible, using longer but narrow screws, but we will fill all the
> holes on the selected hardware with the properly rated screws.
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> Any advice is much appreciated.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> William Miller
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