With interest rates on the rise, the cost of financing new solar systems has gone up, so installers have to be even smarter about choosing products. Read this month's blog to learn how Solar Power NW's founder, Ryan Lingenfelder, lowers his cost with the RT-APEX.
The temperature in Ontario has extreme variations through the seasons. “We can get extreme cold, down to -30°F in mid-winter, up to a very humid 95°F in summer,” said Boone, “so the butyl rubber on RT-MINI makes it a great choice for us. With RT-MINI, our installers never have to mess around with a caulking gun up on the roof to seal mounting hardware, they simply attach RT-MINI and the seal is secure.” He added, “I can’t imagine ever going back to the old way. RT-MINI II is our go-to mounting product now.”
Ensolar owners first discovered Roof Tech’s RT-MINI in 2019. Vazquez explained that they initially used traditional flashing to install solar panels on their first two jobs, but soon things changed for the better. “Our distributor, CED Greentech, asked if I had ever tried RT-MINI,” Vazquez recalled. “We tried it on one job, and since then we’ve used RT-MINI exclusively on every installation we’ve done.”
What installers need to know about the impact of Ice dams and how to protect the roof. Because roofing is always exposed to the elements, winter weather varies with heating and cooling cycles that cause snow and ice to melt on sunny days and re-freeze at night, creating ice dams on the eaves and in roof “valleys”. Mike Dunlap explained that building codes require roofers to install a special ice and water shield in these areas to protect against ice dams.
Hays Energy Operations Manager Keiana Kavanaugh first learned about Roof Tech in 2017 while working for another company, and she immediately recognized the benefits of RT-MINI.
The first time Solar Bear founder Blake Ambrester heard about Roof Tech it was from CED Greentech, his distributor in Sarasota, Florida. “My rep talked about Roof Tech’s faster install time and great warranty,” Blake recalled. “He also said there were no leaks on record for Roof Tech, and that really got me inter
For Peter Santos, president and founder of Solar Freedom USA, the decision to try Roof Tech products came easily. “I first met the Roof Tech team at the California Solar Power Expo in San Diego in May 2017,” he said. “It was clear to me that their products offered unique benefits, and I knew I wanted to give them a try.”
For David Katz, it was a long and winding road from his days as co-founder of the off-grid solar industry in 1979 to choosing Roof Tech’s E Mount AIR® to install solar panels on his own home in 2017.
