Hi everyone. I'm new here and happy to have found this forum. My wife and I recently had a local company complete a 9.9kw install on the roof of our home in San Diego using Panasonic 330watt HIT panels and a SolarEdge inverter. For the most part we are pleased with the outcome so far.
I did hire a roofer to come out and see what things looked like after the install. He sent over some photos and short explanations of his findings. I'm trying to understand his findings while doing my best to not blow things out of proportion. My wife and I just want to feel some confidence that the integrity of our roof isn't an issue come rain season, if there is such thing in San Diego.
Our current thoughts are:
- Broken tiles should be replaced. There were about 7 of them. The roofing uses monier tile. Replacement seems like a no brainer. I'm kind of surprised they didn't offer to replace them or mention it upfront, I'm probably being naive. You can see in the photos that they tried patching the broken pieces with some type of caulking.
- Loose tiles. Seems like another common sense issue. Move them back into place. Really surprised this wasn't done. Which makes me start to question other parts of the project, and that isn't a good feeling to have.
- Unfilled nail holes. This to me seems like a serious issue but maybe I'm wrong. If it is a big problem then it raises the question of where else are there unfilled nail holes? Under the panels? Sounds messy and nightmarish to imagine undoing everything to check for nail holes.
- The last questionable thing is the rack mounting, specifically the hook mounts and how they are attached to the roof. I tried my best to search through the archives on this forum and get a sense of what is reasonable and good practice. A lot of articles on the net talk about the importance of flashing which I noticed the absence of in one of the photos the roofer took. There does seem to be some respected opinion on this forum that flashing can be overkill and not always needed for hook mounting. This made us feel a little better. Maybe what we got is good enough? But neither of us really know. The roofer also said he wasn't sure -- "Posts were not covered with a metal flashing but a piece of paper glued to the roof.
We are looking for some opinions on what to do and perhaps what we should expect. Thanks for taking the time to read about our situation. It is appreciated.
I did hire a roofer to come out and see what things looked like after the install. He sent over some photos and short explanations of his findings. I'm trying to understand his findings while doing my best to not blow things out of proportion. My wife and I just want to feel some confidence that the integrity of our roof isn't an issue come rain season, if there is such thing in San Diego.
Our current thoughts are:
- Broken tiles should be replaced. There were about 7 of them. The roofing uses monier tile. Replacement seems like a no brainer. I'm kind of surprised they didn't offer to replace them or mention it upfront, I'm probably being naive. You can see in the photos that they tried patching the broken pieces with some type of caulking.
- Loose tiles. Seems like another common sense issue. Move them back into place. Really surprised this wasn't done. Which makes me start to question other parts of the project, and that isn't a good feeling to have.
- Unfilled nail holes. This to me seems like a serious issue but maybe I'm wrong. If it is a big problem then it raises the question of where else are there unfilled nail holes? Under the panels? Sounds messy and nightmarish to imagine undoing everything to check for nail holes.
- The last questionable thing is the rack mounting, specifically the hook mounts and how they are attached to the roof. I tried my best to search through the archives on this forum and get a sense of what is reasonable and good practice. A lot of articles on the net talk about the importance of flashing which I noticed the absence of in one of the photos the roofer took. There does seem to be some respected opinion on this forum that flashing can be overkill and not always needed for hook mounting. This made us feel a little better. Maybe what we got is good enough? But neither of us really know. The roofer also said he wasn't sure -- "Posts were not covered with a metal flashing but a piece of paper glued to the roof.
We are looking for some opinions on what to do and perhaps what we should expect. Thanks for taking the time to read about our situation. It is appreciated.
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