Solar Powered Ridge Vent in Northern Virginia by Alpha Rain Roofing [540-222-1642]

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Does solar work and is it worth the cost is a question we receive often. Here is an application where the answer is a resounding YES! to both. As you can see from the photo below we installed in a small vented ridge vent 8-4″ DC powered fans.

 This view is from the attic looking up at the small ridge area.

We then installed a small 50 watt solar panel and attached the panel to the seams of the standing seam metal roof. There are no roof penetrations and the fans and solar panel are warrantied for 20 years. That’s at least 20 years of effective attic venting for very few pennies!

For more information please visit AlphaRain.com or call us at 540-222-1642.

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How Good is our crew…..Really?! by Alpha Rain Roofing of Northern Virginia [540-222-1642]

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Recently we were taking a training class so we could be certified for certain manufacturer’s stone coated metal roofing. We were working on a mock up roof, seen below, and were being trained on how to do chimney flashing. We noticed they were using a 3 piece flashing instead of the single unit flashing we use. After the session we asked if we could make the flashing we use so we could see if they would approve it. My son, Paul, and our foreman, Walter, made our flashing. After we installed it the trainer asked “what else do you do that is different?” We showed him a whole variety of specialty flashing. He acknowledged ours were better but that he didn’t know of any metal smiths that had the skill to duplicate our flashing. We were pleased but not surprised.

For more information about metal, asphalt or solar please visit our website or call us at 540-222-1642.

 

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