Well, technically there are still some on the top of the bay window and the overhang above the back door but I can’t imagine them spending a whole day on those!
Hopefully today they’ll start installing solar tiles! That’s what I tell myself… but there’s probably some other step, like putting flashing on the edges of the roof or something.
I noticed a new addition to the yard: several boxes of something called “sidelap” which is made in China.
Unfortunately we did have some casualties yesterday… several baby plants that Janelle had just planted this week. In retrospect we should probably have either held off on planting near the house or put something over them. The guys put a tarp over them to protect them from falling shingles, and they tried to throw the shingles out past all our plantings but I think Person A helpfully put the tarp over the tiny plants and Person B thought it was just a tarp and trampled straight over them. They also took a chunk out of our absurdly tall Monarda and they made the Yarrow flop over (but then again Yarrow love to flop over — we had actually put some stakes with a strap between them to try and get them not to flop over the patio path when these guys are here).
So, to those getting a solar roof in the future, my advice is to put some kind of barrier over your plants, or at least a cardboard box to make it obvious that’s not a spot you can walk on.
The Hickory Hill Solar Project 
The sidelaps are little filler pieces that go between adjacent PV/roofing modules, they cover the gap and divert water to the next row of modules down the roof. In this picture (https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/attachments/img_4887-jpg.390392/) you can see the extra piece attached to the left side of the PV Modules, below the left-most mounting bracket, that’s the sidelap. I guess they’re separate both because they might not be needed on both sides (due to edges and flashings), and since the modules hinge upwards and this part sits under 2 adjacent modules, it lets the sidelap remain down and either module to hinge upwards independently without anything getting in the way.
It’s a shame that things got damaged, some yard items got broken on my project (a security system sign, a water sprinkler, a water hose and a hummingbird feeder), and I’d pointed them out to my crew & energy advisor afterwards, suggesting that they really should walk the site first and think about things that might get damaged, to warn the homeowner and let them do something to move/protect things first. I guess that suggestion didn’t get passed-around. =( At least the tear-off should be the most destructive part (my feeder got broken later in the install, it was near where they staged the materials and got bumped enough times to break the mount it was hanging from).
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