The mechanical room @ Mary Skinner Apts

Solar collecets on top of Mary skinner Apts. sixteen 4' x 10' collectors.

These are the mixing valves for building #3 and the laundry room. The valves mix down the hot water going to the fixture when the water is hotter than 120 degrees. Plumbed in 1" copper

Solar pipes are getting insulated. While the hot water lines from the water heaters to the mixing valves are plumbed. 02/26/2010
The explosion of tools and parts are cleaned up and ready for work on monday.

The mechanical room @ Mary Skinner Apts

The dark gray tank on the right is the expansion tank.
Starting to plumb the heat exchangers on the 120 gallon solar tanks.

The mechanical room @ Mary Skinner

Building 2 tanks.

Laundry and building 3 tanks.
The gray tanks are 80 gallon water heaters ( 3 phase, 18kw, 50 amp ) and the white tanks are 120 gallon solar storage tanks. The system to the left serves building 2 and the tanks in front serve the laundry room and building 3. The tanks are in drain pans and strapped to the wall.

Collector lift @ Mary Skinner

How do you get sixteen 150 lb solar thermal collectors on a two (+) story building? With a 10,000 lb reach fork; No Problem!

4 collectors at a time

4 different buildings

6 hours

Mary Skinner

Stand-off mounting feet/flashings & super strut mounting gear.

1) Mounting feet are screwed to the roof.

2) Posts are attached to the mounting feet and flashings are installed to protect the roofing penetrations.

3) Supper strut is connected to the posts and the panels lay on top of the rail. Clips mount the panel to the strut.