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      02-14-2020, 02:37 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Torgus View Post
It depends on the company and you have to read their warranty very closely. Not all are made equal. There are way to many here today gone tomorrow residential solar installers in the industry. But yes, a good one will cover damage as they should, it's their fault. It is 100% an installation issue if a roof leaks, not the manufacturer's product.

Again any modern penetration used in solar it's basically impossible to leak and VERY hard to install wrong, but I guess you can fuck up anything.

Example:
https://roof-tech.us/support/ https://roof-tech.us/Tech-Brochure.pdf

If you look up any residential rack/rail system they are all waterproof as long as crack head jimmy is not doing the install.
Honestly that’s not very reassuring. First you have to hope the installer is still around when a leak happens because the manufacturer isn’t going to cover it? Then you potentially are in a debate over what actually caused the leak. Maybe it would be less of a concern on a brand new roof and an installer who has been in business for 50 years, but I can see how messy it could get if you install on a 10 year old roof that springs a leak a few years later. Not to mention, I expect you’d need to remove and reinstall the panels to fix a leak even if the leak has nothing to do with the panel.
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