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Bagley Downs Apartments consist of eight buildings total, four on the east side of the canal and four on the west side of the canal. The buildings contain four apartments except for the buildings with laundry rooms which only have three apartments. Each building will get four solar collectors and two 120 gallon solar storage tanks. In every unit or laundry room is a water heater that will receive preheated water from the solar tanks.
Because there was no room in the buildings to put the solar tanks, we are building sheds on the exterior of each building to house the tanks. We have had unexpected delays due to underground piping, attic access and structurally supporting the roof, but now we're back on track.
As of today:
The sheds are built for the most part waiting a sheathing inspection after which siding can be installed, the asphalt shingles can be laid and the inside can be insulated and sheathed.
Attic access if complete.
Re-supporting the roofs so we can start setting collectors will happen over the next two days.
Piping from the sheds to the individual units have been run and insulated. A cold water supply line has been run to the sheds.
Stand-offs have been installed and are ready for the collectors to be mounted on the roof.
This is a 3/4 hp pump and the tank foundation.
The tanks are connected at the bottom so they will fill and drain at the same time.
The sheds are ready for the solar tanks. The pipes are coming up from the crawl space. One is the cold water supply for the tanks and the other carries preheated water to water heaters in each unit. The valve configuration is a by-pass for the solar takes in the event they need to be replaced of serviced. The straps hold the tanks in place in the event of an earth quake. The pads on the floor prevent heat transfer from the tanks to the concrete slab.
The sheds will look nice when they get painted. Notice the pipes running to the roof carrying the heat exchange fluid to the collectors. Can you see the collectors on the roof?
4 SunEarth solar collectors plumbed in parallel.
6,000 lb. reach fork lift delievers collectors to the roof. THANKS Pape' rentals
Is that me sitting down on the job? No of course not. Hahaa
You can't always depend on the 6,000 lb reach fork lift. This is a 1930 scissor lift, it can be operated from the ground.
This pic is taken from the east side of the canal and you can almost see all eight buildings we putting solar on.
