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Solar PV regulations

  • 24-11-2017 11:36am
    #1
    ImNotPat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Where could I find info or does anyone know if there are regulations surrounding the type of fixings you can use when retro fitting solar PV panels to the roof of a domestic house ?


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    ImNotPat wrote: »
    Where could I find info or does anyone know if there are regulations surrounding the type of fixings you can use when retro fitting solar PV panels to the roof of a domestic house ?

    Fixings as specified by the panel manufacturer.


  • #3
    ImNotPat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭ImNotPat


    Thanks, so its basic Irish reg's, "what ever they're selling is correct".


    I was looking at a job for someone and the PV panel supplier is proposing the use of solar hanger bolts as oppose to a bracket to fit the rails to. Just from some research I had seen that the bolts don't come very highly recommended in the UK, alot of installers/suppliers seemed to be saying the drill roof tile/slate and into the rafter was more likely to cause issues with leaks.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    ImNotPat wrote: »
    Thanks, so its basic Irish reg's, "what ever they're selling is correct".


    I was looking at a job for someone and the PV panel supplier is proposing the use of solar hanger bolts as oppose to a bracket to fit the rails to. Just from some research I had seen that the bolts don't come very highly recommended in the UK, alot of installers/suppliers seemed to be saying the drill roof tile/slate and into the rafter was more likely to cause issues with leaks.

    We generally don’t drill through the tiles/slates over here.
    We move the tiles and fix directly to the rafters and the tiles Slot back down over the bracket.


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