NorfX t1_iw5cn9y wrote
Reply to comment by bad_syntax in Rooftop Solar Is Becoming More Accessible to People with Lower Incomes, But Not Fast Enough - Inside Climate News by darth_nadoma
What kind of roof and/or hail do you have there? No house i ever lived in had to get a new roof in my lifetime, that sounds so weird to me.
bad_syntax t1_iw5dy5v wrote
I dunno, shingles. We all get new roofs around here all the time. My area, which I've been in like 2 years, I don't recall seeing any hail, yet I've seen half a dozen new roofs go on these homes. None of these homes are over 10 years old.
My old neighborhood I lived there 7 years, got 3 new roofs. We had a localized hailstorm once, hail the size of baseballs, lasted like 5 minutes, after the sun came out and all the ice immediately fogged our neighborhood. Only like 20-30 houses affected.
Each time I got a new roof at my old place, I upgraded it, so it *should* have been more durable than the builder grade crap they give you. The next new roof I should have had enough to only pay a couple thousand to get solar shingles.
We even have mountains of shingles here because we replace so many roofs:
We had a tornado pass by about 100' from the house last time, roof did pretty well and I only needed a few replacements (roof was only a few weeks old when it hit). I was in the middle of Dallas then, now I'm in the boonies, in a much newer/nicer house, with a MUCH steeper roof. Not sure if that'll make a difference or not.
NorfX t1_iw5gjvd wrote
So i guess that's asphalt roofing which is cheaper and less durable. I guess that makes sense when you also get tornadoes, not that i know much about it but i wouldn't assume any roof to be tornado proof..
Zephir62 t1_iw60nbh wrote
Agree, this is a really weird comment. They need 30 kWh worth of panels just to power their home? Uhmmm
Noob_DM t1_iwdvtcd wrote
Welcome to America.
Land of extremes, including weather.
A little while back when solar was first booming the neighbors a few doors down got solar panels on their roof. Was real proud of it and talked it up how in 8-10 years it’ll have paid for itself.
2 years later they were all destroyed by hurricane Sandy.
They no longer have solar panels.
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