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SolarFuture

Mounting, with one number published

Across fourteen mounting products in this catalogue, this maker publishes the only load figure.

A hundred and thirty-five kilos

The flat roof frame’s ballast element carries up to 135 kg of paving bricks, spread over a wide area rather than concentrated at the feet.

Everything else on that shelf is adjectives. This is a number.

No drilling

A flat roof membrane is the waterproofing, and every bolt through it is a leak waiting for a winter. Ballast holds the frame down with weight instead.

The trade is honest and stated: the weight has to be carried up there, and the roof has to be able to take it.

Six independent fixings

The balcony mount takes a different approach to the same problem. Where fixings share a load path, one working loose moves its share onto the rest. Six that act alone means a loose bolt is a maintenance item rather than the start of a sequence.

Every contact point is rubbered and every screw end capped, which is what a tenant needs to get a deposit back.

How much ballast to actually use

How much ballast to use, which depends on the wind at the site, the building height and the exposure — and no mount in this catalogue publishes a wind load at all.

Everything SolarFuture puts on these shelves, one page each

  • SolarFuture balcony railing mount in silver anodised aluminium

    SolarFuture Railing, six independent fixings, every contact point rubbered, anodised

    A balcony railing mount in anodised aluminium and stainless steel with six independent fixings, rubbered contact points and end caps over every screw end.

    Railing compatibility
    Fixed directly to a balcony railing and designed specifically for balcony mounting, fourth bullet; the railing dimensions are not published
    Panel size
    Width, height, tilt and bar length all variably adjustable, first bullet; no panel dimensions are published
    Weight limits
    Nowhere in the listing
    Tilt options
    Adjustable; no range is published, first bullet
    Material
    Anodised aluminium and stainless steel, fourth bullet
    Supplied hardware
    Six stable, mutually independent fixings; every contact point is rubbered and end caps cover all screw ends, second and third bullets
    Any stated wind loading
    NOWHERE IN THE LISTING — storm security is claimed through the six independent fixings, with no wind speed or standard
    Amazon reference
    B0CQMN21WF (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4270004153132
    • Six independent fixings, so one working loose does not release the assembly
    • Every contact point rubbered and every screw end capped, which protects a rented balcony
    • No tilt range published, only that it adjusts

    Best for: A rented balcony whose railing must come back unmarked.

    ≈ €100
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  • SolarFuture ballasted flat roof solar mount in anodised aluminium

    SolarFuture Flat roof, no drilling, ballasted, anodised aluminium, to 135 kg

    A ballasted flat roof mount for two solar panels in anodised aluminium, carrying up to 135 kg of ballast without drilling the roof membrane.

    Supported panel sizes
    Panels to 114 cm high, regardless of length; a complete set for two panels, fourth bullet
    Weight
    The ballast element carries up to 135 kg, second bullet — THE ONLY LOAD FIGURE PUBLISHED BY ANY MOUNT In this catalogue
    Tilt adjustment
    Tilt and width both adjustable to suit the module, third bullet
    Material
    Massive anodised aluminium, second bullet
    Corrosion resistance
    Anodised, stated in the second bullet
    Fixing method
    Ballasted — a weighting element spreads the load of paving bricks over a wide area, so the roof membrane is never drilled, first bullet
    Any stated wind load
    NOWHERE IN THE LISTING — storm security is claimed in the first bullet without a wind speed or a standard
    Amazon reference
    B0H1NWLC58 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4270004153194
    • A published load figure — 135 kg of ballast — which nothing else in this catalogue gives
    • No drilling, so a flat roof membrane stays intact
    • No wind load, which is precisely what ballast is calculated against

    Best for: A flat roof that must not be penetrated, where bricks can be carried up.

    ≈ €70
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