I would assume a permit was pulled, was it not inspected and passed?
I would have thought the inspector would have not passed inspection.
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Wow that is bad. Let us assume it's a registered contactor. You have to notify contractor and give hime resonable time to correct defeciencies. Resonable time is never the same time for 2 people. How long would it take a contractor to order tiles and fit it into his schedule??? 2 weeks? Is there rain in the future that would require immediate attention? Contractors can not damage other trades unless you signed off and accepted damages. You can file a complaint with the Registrar of Contractors but that will take a few weeks to get an inspector onsite. Inspector would not accept repairs to the tiles in my opinion but you can get a roofer to give you an estimate. Bsaed upon the contractor's response I would be pro active but please contact your contractor first, be firm, but be professional.Leave a comment:
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Roof damage during installation
Hi everyone, I'm new here. I searched past threads and didn't see anything related so please forgive me if I missed something!
I just had a 4kW system installed on a concrete tile roof. Before signing the contract I asked what would happen if the installers broke the relatively delicate tiles. He said they will replace any broken tiles and everything will be 100% perfect before they were done. They brought about 50 tiles with them and even charged me more per kW because they knew they would be breaking a lot of tiles. They finished their work a few days ago and I was assured there were no broken tiles.
Today I went up to look and there are about 20+ broken tiles and another 20 which are patched with some kind of silicone (40+ tiles are broken in total). The installer is saying that sealing broken tiles is completely OK and will not affect my roof's integrity. He is willing to seal the remaining cracked tiles but said they can't be replaced because it would require them to remove some solar panels and brackets to get to the tiles and that would be "cost-prohibitive". He said in some cases they would have to pull out 30+ roof tiles just to replace the one broken one. I have attached a few pictures.
My question: Is this common practice to break dozens of roof tiles and then seal them with silicone and call it a day? I don't know what the standard is with solar installations. I don't want to be too demanding if I am just kidding myself expecting them to replace all the broken tiles with new ones. But the house is relatively new and with that many "patched" tiles, how could I be sure a slow leak won't develop leading to mold or other water damage in the coming years?
Thanks for any advice!! I live in Northern California (FYI)
Mike
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