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We're getting the tracks for solar panels laid down today - guy goes up on the roof and says, oh, there's a problem, you need a new roof first

Posted by Reagen Jul 22 '20, 06:30

these shingles are 40 years old - they're still holding up but I don't want to put down tracks on old shingles that have to be replaced soon. Sensible. I'd agree.

But wait - we had our chimney fixed two months ago and specifically asked the guy to look at the roof while he was up there for this reason. Oh, hold on I'll check, solar guy says.

Yup, they did half the roof.

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does NSP have a rebate program for that? -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:49 2
- Not the power company but the province, yes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 07:50 1
  - cool. -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 07:52
My parents finally got their new roof last week like how many years after Irma damaged it? - ty97 Jul 22, 06:53
I'm super-tempted to do this even though we are probably moving from our house in 2 years. From what I gather, we would just pass the "payment" on to - oblique Jul 22, 06:51 8
- It's on our 10-year list, though I'd probably prefer to buy them upfront rather than some sort of lease arrangement. -- nm - znufrii, 2020 apocalypse bingo player Jul 22, 07:41
- You need to look at the contract VERY CAREFULLY. A lot of them have gotchas in them that could require you to pay them to dissemble if sold. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 06:54 6
  - interesting. here the hardware and warranty transfer with the house, by law. -- nm - mafic Jul 22, 07:01 5
    - For a real answer, are the panels typically owned there? Here they are leased with "nothing up front". - spamlet Jul 22, 07:17 2
      - Yeah, this is straight up purchasing them - Reagen Jul 22, 07:40
      - Yeah. Used to be “install and get massive 10-year feed-in subsidy.” Now is “install and get instant 35% rebate.” Fully owned in both cases. -- nm - mafic Jul 22, 07:23
    - Must be nice to live in a country whose government is functional. -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 07:16
    - (and the warranty is usually 25 years for panels, 15+ for inverters) -- nm - mafic Jul 22, 07:02
sounds like agovernment job -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 06:48
So put the solar on that half of the roof. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 06:36 1
- Luckily it is the right side. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 06:37
incidentally I got a Huawei inverter which appears to have died after three months (though could easily be an installation issue). - mafic Jul 22, 06:36
"miscommunication, two crews! we'll come back and fix it." -- nm - mafic Jul 22, 06:34
Did you pay for the whole roof? - sycor Jul 22, 06:33 1
- The replacement would have been well before we moved in. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 06:34
did you only get charged for 1/2 the replacement? -- nm - decline Jul 22, 06:33
Meaning they replaced half the roof or checked half the roof? -- nm - spamlet Jul 22, 06:33 4
- well both - Reagen Jul 22, 06:36 3
  - Ah! The previous owner of our house fancied himself a handyman. We've spent 18 years now fixing stuff correctly. - spamlet Jul 22, 06:40 2
    - One of the joys of us living in a 100 year old house - znufrii, 2020 apocalypse bingo player Jul 22, 07:37
    - my house was built by "old man hutchison" -- building it was a weekend project for him. everything is quarter-assed. -- nm - amanda Jul 22, 07:15

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