Joe suggested a product to seal the penetrations the solar panel supports make in the roof. If Joe says he has had good luck with the product, Andy will probably go with it, but the warranty doesn’t exactly inspire confidence:
Limited Lifetime Warranty: [Company] warrants this product will substantially meet published specifications on the date of sale. If it fails to do so, return unused portion with original sales receipt for replacement or refund, at [Company]’s sole option. These are purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedies for any breach of warranty. [Company] will not be liable for direct or indirect damages.
So, if anything happens after the sale date, the user is on his own. Even more amusing is the statement under the specifications — which the product is supposed to “substantially” meet:
The data reported here are believed to be reliable. No warranty is made concerning the accuracy of or the results obtained from their use.
Some warranties are worth something. Others are just good for a laugh.
And if the sealant does not seal? What would happen inside your cabin when it rains or snows?
Then you’d have rain & melted snow dripping down into your cabin. (We know. We had a roof leakage problem this summer.)
Actually that won’t happen. The roof is so steep rain will run off. Melting heavy snow might be a problem, but it could slid off the steep roof. 🙂
The sealant is the third layer of protection, and the guys say it isn’t needed. Andy likes to be conservative.
bikehikebabe,
Yes, flat roofs are high maintenance, exactly what we don’t need up there. Melting snow would not be a problem, because the penetrations are covered by an overhang, which protects them from direct rain and snow. The second layer of protection is the water-tight washers under the overhang to protect against wind-blown moisture.
I don’t understand. I don’t see that the penetrations have an overhang covering them.
http://cheerfulmonk.com/2013/10/16/new-project/
Sorry. I’m curious. –Tom thinks I analyze too much. 🙂
bikikehikebabe,
Thanks for asking. I asked Andy for more details last night — he explained it to me and will try to take pictures today. I too am curious.
that is a superb warranty…where was the product made and packaged?
A couple of weeks ago I produced a document that was the 3000 word research essay proposal. I had a great of difficulty finding certain academic items on what I proposed to – which lead me (assumption #1) that the area was small and tiny – even measly and it would be easy to accomplish something (assumption #2). I struggled to reach the word and at the last minute threw in our course text book with some more information.
In the end I had a mix of academic books – some to do with the primary aspect; some to do with my ideas to try to validate the situation. It had to do – since then I had found some more information… got the proposal back today – I didn’t realise that assumptions could get you into a big problem. Apparently, my proposal was such a huge issue that it would be too “vast” for 3000 words rather I could create enough books to fill a library!
So much for measly and tiny subject…
So back to the drawing board, remake the proposal and try and have it done by next week – then see the lecturer to discuss if doable 🙂
Some items that I wanted to use, I think might have touched a raw nerve…but what really go on my goat was she said that the course text book wasn’t a great avenue – duh.
Then another caused her to write in very large letters:
A HUGE (underlined twice) *** issue, way to big for this essay!!
I’m not prepared to put the word in *** but it has much to do with the current study I am doing but to which I’m not happy to spread around the Net (sorry), because it’s a private matter…
What a bummer!. Good luck. Please let us know how it goes.