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jstemmanex:
Pls explain this chief. I'm about to roof a building tomorrow with this material and solar is what's planned for the building.

Any disadvantage in using this type of roof?

Apart from the fact you can't really use water from the roof, you run a risk of breakage during installation. Apart from these two issues I don't really think there's any other minus in using asbestos roof.

bassdow:
What makes you think or Say so ?

In fact I prefer climbing Slate (Asbestor) roofs than all those Aluminium roofing sheets most of which are as slim as cheap Tissue paper. Most are less than 0.55 in thickNess.

AnyOne with enough basic knowledge shouldn't have much issues installing on top such roof.

And these old roofs makes life much easier for Us than all these New generation SendDownTheRain styled roofs

Oh, that's interesting to hear. How do you secure the solar panel on the roof

twinskenny:
I tell you! And no single crack!

This is not as easy as it as it seems, especially at that panel size. Well done

jstemmanex:
Pls explain this chief. I'm about to roof a building tomorrow with this material and solar is what's planned for the building.

Any disadvantage in using this type of roof?

Make sure to wear a nose mask while working on Asbestos. It is highly carcinogenic!

ajabani4allah:
Does it still get hot enough to cook or boil if it is reduced to like 400w and below?

We used 200w - 500w to warm food. 400w can do the job but it will take more time.

When cooking we use min 800w - 1000w, and max 1200w - 1,5000w.

I can tell you that it's faster than gas

Dabss:
Still available?

On hold for now

justcallmenuel:
1.2kwh 12v felicity lithium battery available.

how much boss

mctfopt:
Oh, that's interesting to hear. How do you secure the solar panel on the roof

Nail it onTo same wood holding the Slates and use binding wire to secure the Solar panels to roof.


OR


If you want enough breeze to pass underneath the solar panels, place a 3 by 4 wood underNeath the Solar panels so there's enough space for air to move underneath the solar panels. When properly done, would even give more than spending money on solar rails.

no much difference using Solar rails.

Atimes sef, you might not even need to nail anything onto the roof as you can always attach the binding Wires onto the existing Nails. I tend to prefer adding my own nail so I ensure all Solar panels cover the entire binding Wire so even if it stays over 10 years, no story of rust of any sort no matter how often it rains.


I need mention also that if you intends grounding your Solar panels, the using Solar rails makes it quicker + Neater BUT depending on layout, the biinding wire stylle could also be much Neater also. Mind you, a lot of Solar rails in our markets, are not up to made to do their work properly. A lot of them don't even give enough elevation to allow cool air pass underneath the solar panels + some don't even hold the Solar panels well enough YET they end up being COSTly

jstemmanex:
Pls explain this chief. I'm about to roof a building tomorrow with this material and solar is what's planned for the building.

Any disadvantage in using this type of roof?

Use whatEver roofing sheet you can afford BUT better if you can afford a thicker one. Some roofing sheets nowAdays as slim as cheap tissue paper.

Another is, try using thiicker quality wood because those things get weaker in the long run + should tomorrow someone decides putting 20pcs of 710w bi-Facial solar panels, there would be less reason to cringe.

Another is, I do understand those sendDownTheRain style roofs are aesthetically pleasing, they ain't very solar friendly + not even friendly for those who could end up installing or servicing the solar panels especially if it's a multi-Storey building.

At end of the day, Most of us can't afford stone coated roofing sheets or gerrad and a lot of the Aluminium roofing sheets in the market, their thickNess are not often what's advertised. In fact pray make wind no help you upRoot some of them.

Have seen people who ennded up reRoofing their house with Slate (Asbestors) BUT personally, I don't like state for mere fact I see it as fragile BUT at end of the day, na your pocket to sepll reality for you.

As for those saying to wear Nose Mask while working on Slate roofs, hope they're very much aware say no be Day wey you cut Tree e dey Die. If at all those things would give Cancer, it's not gonna be those few hours you there + the Slates I see nowAdays, look more to me like they were done using cement and whatEver. mayBe those also living under such roof ought to wear noseMask all their lives while within such buildings

Hello, how genuine is fislife ng? Do they sell original solar Jinko solar panels?

adibo:
Hello, how genuine is fislife ng? Do they sell original solar Jinko solar panels?

This one wey different website's / companies don dey spring up selling solar panels.

hmmm

Thanks a lot. I don't plan collecting rain water from the roof. Would just ensure whoever is installing the panels when the time comes is really skilled.

Grateful for all the contributions 🙏

mctfopt:
Apart from the fact you can't really use water from the roof, you run a risk of breakage during installation. Apart from these two issues I don't really think there's any other minus in using asbestos roof.

Thanks, I'm not the one doing the actual work but an artisan. Won't be so close to the materials for that long but would advise him to use one though.

CuteMaro:
Make sure to wear a nose mask while working on Asbestos. It is highly carcinogenic!

bassdow:
This one wey different website's / companies don dey spring up selling solar panels.

hmmm

I guess I will just hold on for fouani den. I wonder why for about three weeks now, fouani is saying their Jinko panels are available but stuck at the custom office. I would have assumed such a big company won't be having issues with customs clearance

adibo:
I guess I will just hold on for fouani den. I wonder why for about three weeks now, fouani is saying their Jinko panels are available but stuck at the custom office. I would have assumed such a big company won't be having issues with customs clearance

Have said it before (about a week ago) how most of my contacts personally told me they are low on stock due to the Israel and iran conflict.

And Guess what, prices of even yeye solar panels have skyrocketed because they know solar panels are kinda scarce. That doesn't mean you still can't find quality solar panel, just means you need do extra work.

jstemmanex:
Thanks a lot. I don't plan collecting rain water from the roof. Would just ensure whoever is installing the panels when the time comes is really skilled.

Grateful for all the contributions 🙏



Thanks, I'm not the one doing the actual work but an artisan. Won't be so close to the materials for that long but would advise him to use one though.

Not sure it works that way. Except it's for tenant rentage, you ought not worry much abi shey you no go live inside the house ?

Doubt this current slates are exactly the ones we read about long ago. Slates are about at least 4,500 naira a piece. If you fear breakAge, which is understandable, even other kind of roofing sheets have their own CONs also.
If you can't afford quality thick roofing sheets, your better choice remains SLATEs.

unFortunately, the higher quality ones, are far far out of reach to even some comfortably rich people. Even to afford slates and thin Aluminium roofing sheets sef na turmoil. To roof common 3 bedroom, you no go know when you go don spend over 1.2 million naira on just Slates alone. We never add wood Ooo (even if na those cheap skinny ones). Abeg do wetin you fit do abeg.

it's quite easy for people wey never enter before to advice + give suggestions. Mind you, @mctfopt and @CuteMaro, the adjacent comment is nothing but a general comment

bassdow:
Nail it onTo same wood holding the Slates and use binding wire to secure the Solar panels to roof.


OR


If you want enough breeze to pass underneath the solar panels, place a 3 by 4 wood underNeath the Solar panels so there's enough space for air to move underneath the solar panels. When properly done, would even give more than spending money on solar rails.

no much difference using Solar rails.

Atimes sef, you might not even need to nail anything onto the roof as you can always attach the binding Wires onto the existing Nails. I tend to prefer adding my own nail so I ensure all Solar panels cover the entire binding Wire so even if it stays over 10 years, no story of rust of any sort no matter how often it rains.


I need mention also that if you intends grounding your Solar panels, the using Solar rails makes it quicker + Neater BUT depending on layout, the biinding wire stylle could also be much Neater also. Mind you, a lot of Solar rails in our markets, are not up to made to do their work properly. A lot of them don't even give enough elevation to allow cool air pass underneath the solar panels + some don't even hold the Solar panels well enough YET they end up being COSTly

Well done Oga Bassdow, I will love to know more about this binding wire plus 3 by 4 wooden style. Will the wood be placed horizontally or vertically and will it be on both side of each of the panel or on one side, also are we going to cut the wood into small length or the length will cover each of the solar panels.

Secondly how do we attach the binding wire to the panel? Are we going to drill a hole on the panel frame so that the binding wire can pass across it?

They are not the only one waiting for custom since then

adibo:
I guess I will just hold on for fouani den. I wonder why for about three weeks now, fouani is saying their Jinko panels are available but stuck at the custom office. I would have assumed such a big company won't be having issues with customs clearance

Litewriter:
Shit, I don't even have solar panel yet, I depend only on grid.... I use it days and night. I've got large battery bank tho..

Oh wow, what is the KWh of your battery? And does it charge fast using grid? Also, do you use prepaid at home?

ajog1:
Hello, @bolded; who?

You are trying to reach me, chat me up on 08089456258

ajabani4allah:
Well done Oga Bassdow, I will love to know more about this binding wire plus 3 by 4 wooden style. Will the wood be placed horizontally or vertically and will it be on both side of each of the panel or on one side, also are we going to cut the wood into small length or the length will cover each of the solar panels.

Secondly how do we attach the binding wire to the panel? Are we going to drill a hole on the panel frame so that the binding wire can pass across it?

it's actually very simmple. You tire the binding wire on the holes on the Aluminium body of the Solar panels and tie it on top of the Nails already holding the roofs.

The 3 by 4 or 3 by 3 or 2 by 3 wood is Optional and only meant to raise the Solar panels so they don't sit directly on top the roof so more Air could pass though whiich hhelps reduce temperature during very sunny days.
You don't even need big wood sef. A wood only 1ft long is enough to sit between 2 solar panels and you don't need to nail it at all. Probably a graphical drawing would tell the story better BUT unfortunately, not sure I can afford doing so.


Sometimes, you could even decide not to use Binding wire at all. Just use a concrete nail of at least 4-inches long so when you nail like 2-inches into the roof, the remaining 2 inchhes exposed is where you place the Solar panels so the holes on the Solar panel's frame passes through the nail. These wayy, you need no Binding wire and no amount of Breeze would do any thing.

As for how to attach the binding wire, you basically either tie it onto any nearrVy existing Nail or Naiil a new one. I tend to prefer Nailing a Fresh nail as the nearest Nail might mean running the binding wire long enough it ends up being exposed to harsh weather conditions. it would still work BUT in say 10-years time, if exposed, could rust BUT when you nail fresh nail and use binding wire in way that the Solar panel ends up shielding both the cables, nails, and binding wire, the last as long as the roof.

If you have never handled such project or worked with binding wires before, these might all be noise to you which still is understandAble. na Poverty give me this idea.

Once again, the piece of Wood are completely optional and only necessary when you want to really do it right

I salute.
Please what material should I use to prevent water leakage between panels in a solar panel car port?
Bassdows, twinskenny, anyone

Tdoctor:
I salute.
Please what material should I use to prevent water leakage between panels in a solar panel car port?
Bassdows, twinskenny, anyone

If the sets of panels are well fixed and are very very close together, get a pvc gum used by plumber and gracefully add along the meeting points.

Tdoctor:
I salute.
Please what material should I use to prevent water leakage between panels in a solar panel car port?
Bassdows, twinskenny, anyone

You for add pictures so we have an idea of what it looks like.

right now, trying to picture if the Solar panels are actting as roofing material or what. Either way, things such as Glue used by plumbers (PVC gum), flashBand, etc. As we no see picture, na guess I fit guess

Tdoctor:
I salute.
Please what material should I use to prevent water leakage between panels in a solar panel car port?
Bassdows, twinskenny, anyone

Roofing sheets

Tdoctor:
I salute.
Please what material should I use to prevent water leakage between panels in a solar panel car port?
Bassdows, twinskenny, anyone

Na to roof the place properly before installing panels… though I saw someone using some
Kind of silicone gum don’t know how effective it is

This is sample carport.. client first roof it.. we will mount panels later...

bassdow:
it's actually very simmple. You tire the binding wire on the holes on the Aluminium body of the Solar panels and tie it on top of the Nails already holding the roofs.

The 3 by 4 or 3 by 3 or 2 by 3 wood is Optional and only meant to raise the Solar panels so they don't sit directly on top the roof so more Air could pass though whiich hhelps reduce temperature during very sunny days.
You don't even need big wood sef. A wood only 1ft long is enough to sit between 2 solar panels and you don't need to nail it at all. Probably a graphical drawing would tell the story better BUT unfortunately, not sure I can afford doing so.


Sometimes, you could even decide not to use Binding wire at all. Just use a concrete nail of at least 4-inches long so when you nail like 2-inches into the roof, the remaining 2 inchhes exposed is where you place the Solar panels so the holes on the Solar panel's frame passes through the nail. These wayy, you need no Binding wire and no amount of Breeze would do any thing.

As for how to attach the binding wire, you basically either tie it onto any nearrVy existing Nail or Naiil a new one. I tend to prefer Nailing a Fresh nail as the nearest Nail might mean running the binding wire long enough it ends up being exposed to harsh weather conditions. it would still work BUT in say 10-years time, if exposed, could rust BUT when you nail fresh nail and use binding wire in way that the Solar panel ends up shielding both the cables, nails, and binding wire, the last as long as the roof.

If you have never handled such project or worked with binding wires before, these might all be noise to you which still is understandAble. na Poverty give me this idea.

Once again, the piece of Wood are completely optional and only necessary when you want to really do it right

Thanks so much for this details. Finally sir, will the nail+the binding be at 4 positions of each of the panel frame so as to hold it securely to the roof and also I understand from your explanation that if one decides to use only nail without using the binding wire, it won't be possible to use wood to raise the panel up, am I correct on this?

ajabani4allah:
Thanks so much for this details. Finally sir, will the nail+the binding be at 4 positions of each of the panel frame so as to hold it securely to the roof and also I understand from your explanation that if one decides to use only nail without using the binding wire, it won't be possible to use wood to raise the panel up, am I correct on this?

See eh, going by the way you comment, you don't have basic experience hence jumping into something like this, you need be careful ELSE you spend more than you trying to SAVE.

You don't just hit the nail anyWhere; you need target the location where the roofing wood is which is easy as you would see where the nails are nailed by those who installed the roof.

The way roofs are, the wood under the roofing sheet ain't continuous hence you need nail at same line whether vertical or horizontal.

Now if you don't want to nail anything, depending on the kind of roof, you could tie the binding wire on the existing nails BUT the disAdvantage with this is, aTimes, the closest nail might not be opportuned to get under the solar panel hence you end up having binding wire that are left exposed. Good thing is, binding wire can stay exposed for over 10-years and would not rust BUT still, doesn't hurt informing you of that.

You asked " will the nail+the binding be at 4 positions of each of the panel frame..." : Well you must not use 4 positions, it could be just 2; Just ensure it's on either sides.


You also asked "...if one decides to use only nail without using the binding wire, it won't be possible to use wood to raise the panel up..." : It's still possible BUT for your first attempt, would suggest you use binding wire.

Also for those with very sloppy roofs, abeg always use binding wire even if the nail correctly hooks unto the hole in frame of Solar panel; that Binding wire would serve as extra assurance to avoid stories that touch.

I no really know how best to explain am to you other than I already did.

WOuld suggest you always use binding wire until you are experienced enough to know when to skip it BUT still, always including binding wire gives extra assurance + it's not even expensive; costs 500 naira depending on location + for very sloppy roofs, you should always use it.

If it's a custom made, you can make provision for gutters in your design from onset

Tdoctor:
I salute.
Please what material should I use to prevent water leakage between panels in a solar panel car port?
Bassdows, twinskenny, anyone

bassdow:
See eh, going by the way you comment, you don't have basic experience hence jumping into something like this, you need be careful ELSE you spend more than you trying to SAVE.

You don't just hit the nail anyWhere; you need target the location where the roofing wood is which is easy as you would see where the nails are nailed by those who installed the roof.

The way roofs are, the wood under the roofing sheet ain't continuous hence you need nail at same line whether vertical or horizontal.

Now if you don't want to nail anything, depending on the kind of roof, you could tie the binding wire on the existing nails BUT the disAdvantage with this is, aTimes, the closest nail might not be opportuned to get under the solar panel hence you end up having binding wire that are left exposed. Good thing is, binding wire can stay exposed for over 10-years and would not rust BUT still, doesn't hurt informing you of that.

You asked " will the nail+the binding be at 4 positions of each of the panel frame..." : Well you must not use 4 positions, it could be just 2; Just ensure it's on either sides.


You also asked "...if one decides to use only nail without using the binding wire, it won't be possible to use wood to raise the panel up..." : It's still possible BUT for your first attempt, would suggest you use binding wire.

Also for those with very sloppy roofs, abeg always use binding wire even if the nail correctly hooks unto the hole in frame of Solar panel; that Binding wire would serve as extra assurance to avoid stories that touch.

I no really know how best to explain am to you other than I already did.

WOuld suggest you always use binding wire until you are experienced enough to know when to skip it BUT still, always including binding wire gives extra assurance + it's not even expensive; costs 500 naira depending on location + for very sloppy roofs, you should always use it.

Thanks so much, I really appreciate. You have done justice to all my questions on this matter and I am very clear on it now. Thanks once again

Prof7Elu:
I really want to appreciate everyone on this thread for the knowledge and enlightenment you share.
I started my solar journey before I knew this thread, and I fell heavily into the hands of a predatory installer. Thank God for this thread and its good people, things are now very much better.



@JoeSef0, thanks for introducing me to the thread.

Thanks to @Dam5reey. I bought the protection box set and inverter from him. He also took the inverter to the service center for repairs and it was repaired under warranty. (About 1 month after purchase, lightning struck and destroyed 90+% of solar installations in our area)

Thank you everyone🙏

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