The Brizzy Hot Water Services team attended to an emergency hot water repair recently and were stunned to find a roof mounted solar hot water system had caused a ceiling to completely collapse into a childs bedroom.
The collapse was caused by an undetected hot water leak coming from the roof mounted solar system. The hot water could combined with the collapsing ceiling was lucky not to cause serious injury to the occupants below.
The water leaked from the electrical element and ran down the electrical conduit into the roof space. Over time the water pooled and eventually caused the ceiling to collapse.
Whilst roof mounted solar hot water systems are energy efficient, there are a number of downsides to roof mounted solar hot water, with one major one being the weight of the system on top of the roof. We can now add the chance of collapsing ceiling due to water leak as another downside.
In recent times we have been installing more heat pump hot water systems instead of traditional roof mounted systems. Heat pump systems have the water tank on the ground like a normal electric hot water system, but use heat from the atmosphere to create hot water in an energy efficient manner.
If you’re concerned about your roof mounted solar hot water system, give the team at Brizzy Hot Water Services a call on 1800 136 629 today.