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I have a 4' x10' solar collector (active hot water system) on my roof that has a hole in one of the header pipes. I would like to remove the glass top to try to repair this myself as local companies want to charge me over $1300 to rebuild it! Having never tackled this before I am concerned the glass will be difficult to remove off a panel that been up on the roof for 20+ years. I dont want to break the glass! Any suggestions, ideas or advice on this?
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Hi greggo - Welcome to Solar Panel Talk!
Sounds like quite a project! Having never tried anything like that I am short on suggestions but hopefully someone can give some ideas!
The 1300$ certainly gives you some incentive and something to work with.
Russ[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] -
check the prices for a replacement collector at solarroofs.com 20 years is getting long on the lifetime of a water collector. When you repair one header, the next week the other header needs a repair, then a tube ........
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