kennyb03
Member
Thank you. I sent a 1-page pdf with that photo and my 2 preferred layouts, explaining the shade. The shaded side of my house is facing directly West. My advisor has been very responsive and forwarded it to the design team the same day.Send them your photo along with your suggestions. You would be sacrificing 6 panels on what I assume is a western (southwestern?) exposure for either none there or reduced down to 4. How late in the afternoon was this photo taken and is this more or less consistent during the year?
The photo was taken on 9/5 at 6:06pm, so I believe that shade is worst at this time of year with the sun further north. In the spring/winter/fall with a more southern sun I don't believe that side shaded as much by my next door neighbor's house. I think it's still worth it to optimize the placement.
Unfortunately my advisor let me know it could take 2-3 weeks for an updated layout at this time.