Solex Roofing Installation Manual 14
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13. Glass slates
The glass solar slates are installed over the absorber strips.
When installing the slates care must be taken not to damage
the absorbers. The glass slates are toughened and so cannot
be cut. The roof calculator at
www.solexenergy.co.uk
can
help with sizing a roof to an exact number of slates. The
range of sizes supplied is shown in the table.
In general most normal slating practices are followed when
using the solar slates, the main difference being in the method
of fixing.
14. Slates hooks
– the slates are fixed to the battens with
blackened stainless steel hooks and screws. Use of a
lightweight cordless driver here is recommended. Two
horizontal lines on the flange of the absorber indicate the
correct position for the screws. When screwing in the clips
they should be tightened just enough to hold the sides of the
slates below, but must not be allowed to stress the glass,
which could lead to breakage later. Pushing gently on the
glass slate below the clip should release the tension.
The glass slates should be installed next to each other, with a
small gap 1mm between the slates and the screw of the hook
Location
500 series, mm
600 series, mm
Standard
500 x 500
300 x 600
Eaves
500 x 285
300 x 335
Ridge
500 x 285
300 x 335
Verge, odds
250 x 500
450 x 600 holed
Verge, evens
500 x 500 holed
300 x 600
Verge-ridge corner
250 x 285
450 x 335
Verge-eaves corner
250 x 285
450 x 335
Hips
500 x 500 cut
corner, 6 sizes
300 x 600 cut corner
6 sizes
Valleys and other
cut areas
Polycarbonate 750 x
500
Polycarbonate 600 x
600
Matching slate
375 x 500
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Horizontal coverage
505
305
Hook length
mm
Batten
spacing 500
series
Batten
spacing 600
series
Headlap
mm
70
218
268
70
75
215
265
75
80
213
263
80
85
210
260
85
90
208
258
90
95
205
255
95
100
203
253
100
105
200
250
105
