Solar Domestic Hot Water for my house

Solar Domestic Hot Water for my house

I figured if I was going to get into the solar business, then I should invest in some of that technology for my own use. To that end, I spent the weekend installing a Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW) system on my roof. I posted the information on my other blog, here is a little bit:

If the saying “save the best for last” holds true, that means the worst must come first. Good God, I hope so. The worst in this case was crawling around in the attic installing the back bracing and drilling the mounting holes up through the roof to attach the collector mounting brackets. The main problem is in the back addition, the attic is only 3 feet high in the center. Towards the edges, it is more like 18 inches or so. Drilling and screwing a 10 foot long 2X6 with only 18 inches of space, most of which is taken up by insulation, is not a happy task.

It gets better, you can read the whole thing at the Homeowner’s Blog where there are several posts about the equipment I purchased and the reasons for it.

Here are a few posts:

Enjoy!

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