I'm looking for options to temporarily mount panels during grid outages. 3 story townhouse in a set of connected townhouses so I can't use the roof, and no yard for ground mount.
The front patio gets about 1.5 hours of direct overhead sunlight. The west-facing balcony gets about 3.5 hours of sunlight in the afternoon.
Attached are photos of flexible panels temporarily mounted between the west-facing balcony railing and side of the house. If I go this route I will add some PVC support for the panels. I could also hang panels off the other side of the railing over the shared driveway, but that would require some better mounting. I'm not super handy.
I'm thinking of using rigid panels in the same fashion as the flexible panels in the photo. With the right height (about 50 inches) they would sit at about the same angle as the flexible panels in the photo and would sit against the side of the house without any attachment. I'm reluctant to drill into the house siding. I could use something like sandbags and rope from below the panels for added resistance.
So, would rigid panels pose to much of being lifted by wind? Stick with flexible panels? Something else?
The front patio gets about 1.5 hours of direct overhead sunlight. The west-facing balcony gets about 3.5 hours of sunlight in the afternoon.
Attached are photos of flexible panels temporarily mounted between the west-facing balcony railing and side of the house. If I go this route I will add some PVC support for the panels. I could also hang panels off the other side of the railing over the shared driveway, but that would require some better mounting. I'm not super handy.
I'm thinking of using rigid panels in the same fashion as the flexible panels in the photo. With the right height (about 50 inches) they would sit at about the same angle as the flexible panels in the photo and would sit against the side of the house without any attachment. I'm reluctant to drill into the house siding. I could use something like sandbags and rope from below the panels for added resistance.
So, would rigid panels pose to much of being lifted by wind? Stick with flexible panels? Something else?