I was absolutely knackered last night, after spending the day installing a couple of roof rails, its certainly very sunny up there, as I got quite a bit of sunburn, will need plenty sun cream today, as its going to be even sunnier.
First row of hooks in.
The hooks have to spaced out so the hook doesn't rest on the tile below, so I've used some 5mm aluminium between the hook and rafter, there was also a hole in the felt, so I patched it in.
Likewise the back of the tiles have to be notched out, so that also clears the roof hook.
I got two rails installed yesterday, this picture and the next were taken at 18:36.
This picture shows the shading caused by the chimney, and next doors roof. There will be four panels in that area, in landscape, so the shading will only affect them later in the day, and they are on their own string in parallel with the other two strings, so won't affect them.
I wasn't impressed with the rail joiner, so used that and made up my own much more substantial joiner, using 5mm aluminium and some left over rail clamps from the garage build, which fitted perfectly.
Well, its 10am, so best I go and get some more work done.
First row of hooks in.
The hooks have to spaced out so the hook doesn't rest on the tile below, so I've used some 5mm aluminium between the hook and rafter, there was also a hole in the felt, so I patched it in.
Likewise the back of the tiles have to be notched out, so that also clears the roof hook.
I got two rails installed yesterday, this picture and the next were taken at 18:36.
This picture shows the shading caused by the chimney, and next doors roof. There will be four panels in that area, in landscape, so the shading will only affect them later in the day, and they are on their own string in parallel with the other two strings, so won't affect them.
I wasn't impressed with the rail joiner, so used that and made up my own much more substantial joiner, using 5mm aluminium and some left over rail clamps from the garage build, which fitted perfectly.
Well, its 10am, so best I go and get some more work done.
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