As we come to the halfway mark of the year we wanted to share the Q & A from an interview we did with AltEnergy Magazine a few months back. Greg Wiener was asked to reflect on 2020 and the COVID pandemic's effect on the industry at large.

Now, six months later vaccines have reached most of the US, but imports and supply chains worldwide are still struggling to catch up to the demand. He added some more thoughts on the unexpected struggles the industry is facing.

When the pandemic first arrived in February of 2020 and the government began to force closure of private businesses, we knew something different was amiss. Little did we know the sequence of events to follow over the next 14 months would bring us to our current extremely difficult situation. We have not raised pricing since October of 2019. That option going forward is not in play. Regrettably, price increases are coming. There is no getting around it.

In the past 14 months as an importer, we have faced the following barriers:

QuickBOLT’s strongest Top Mount, QB2, has been officially approved by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations. Now that QB2 has been approved, solar installers in Florida can expect an even easier permitting process when submitting designs that include the QB2.

The solar industry has gone through many generations of technological development, especially in the last decade. The industry is still young, often like the wild west, companies rising and falling as the landscape shifts. Take a step back and you can see the various parts involved in setting up an array –electrical, racking, mounting, the list goes on.

In this article we’ll explore one technology in particular – BoltSeal™ by QuickBOLT—that changed the way solar is installed since its introduction to the market nearly a decade ago.

Welcome back for the last, but not least of all videos in the Original Top Mount Series. This week we'll wrap up the collection with a summary from Greg, and some introductions on products he didn't have time to fully dive into.

Some new products not covered in the Original Top Mount series include our Direct-to-Deckmount, Conduit Clip, Conduit Mount, Traditionally Flashed products, and Dual Flashed products.

Learn more about it from Greg Wiener himself in the video below.

Finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for - the QB2 video drop. That's right, we've released our Original Top Mount Series video covering the QB2. Our latest and greatest QuickBOLT to date.

It's stronger, easier to use, and doesn't even need goop to protect the roof. That's right. It passed ASTM testing without chemical sealant.

Learn more about it from Greg Wiener himself in the video below.

Welcome welcome, it's time for another video release announcement! This week we're dropping the third video in the Original Top Mount video Series, featuring the Low Profile QB1.

This video covers the second iteration of the QuickBOLT: Low Profile QB1.

For more info, continue reading.

Howdy y'all, thanks for joining us to check out this week's latest news, another interview with Greg Wiener. This week we've released the second video in a series covering the Original Top Mount product line.

This video is a brief history of the QuickBOLT, the original top mount.

For more info, continue reading.

Happy new year everyone and welcome back to the QuickBOLT Blog! This week we've released the first video in a series covering the Original Top Mount product line.

This video is an introduction to the series with a brief overview of videos to come, and the history of the QuickBOLT. 

For more info, continue reading.

Now that we've got a handy-dandy blog where we can post articles, I'm going through and expanding on our existing infographics, including the one below about Microflashing®. We have great resources visualizing many of our products and their features, so I thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to explore our best sellers.

I already did an article on how we make our tile roof hooks, so now I'll give you the inside scoop on our Microflashing® and its importance in the QuickBOLT top mount process.

View the full infographic below, and the breakdown below that.