I used potato sacks and weighed them. Took 3 full days with a crew of 5 to bag enough rock for the job. It would have taken at least that to clear the roof of the required river rock and then bring up concrete blocks so for that job I think it was a good tradeoff.
Solar Dock is still in biz. They have an active twitter site but I guess they let their web site die. https://twitter.com/solardock <https://twitter.com/solardock> Al Frishman EvolvedSolar (917) 699-6641 > On Oct 16, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Glenn Burt <glenn.b...@glbcc.com> wrote: > > I am surprised you can meet the required ballast needs for uplift > consistently with the vagaries of simple rock, unless you are performing > packaging and weighing of all replaced ballast. > I also see that none of the SolarDock web links work – are they still in > business? > > -Glenn > > From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org>> On Behalf Of Al Frishman > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 12:42 PM > To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Use roof rock as Ballast for Solar Racking > > Hey Wrenchers, > I’m working on a ballast racking project that has a ballasted roof (river > rocks on the roof). The roof can not support the addition of cement blocks > so I am planning to use the river rocks that are already on the roof as the > solar ballast. I have done this before using the SolarDock racking system > as it fully encloses the ballast in a tray which keeps the rocks in place. > > On the project I did about 6 yrs ago I hired a bunch of laborers to manually > bag the rocks and it was quite labor intensive. Has anyone done this using > some kind of vacuum system? I am hoping there is a better way. > > Also - Any other racking suggestions other than SolarDock for this > application? > > I appreciate the feedback! > > Al Frishman > EvolvedSolar > (917) 699-6641 > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/>
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