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		<title>Job Spotlight &#8211; Solar Critter Guard Installation Over Spanish Tile Roof</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We were happy to set up Southland Solar and Home with everything they needed for a high-quality squirrel-proofing of a customer home near Pensacola, FL. Here&#8217;s some nice footage they took of the installation: &#8220;The tools you sent over were a HUGE help on this tile roof job. We were able to give the customer a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Slick Tools Editorial in Solar Power World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re proud to share some solar critter guard wisdom in the latest issue of Solar Power World! SPW is a long running industry magazine sharing news and advice from across the solar world. Our article provides an overview of residential solar pest mitigation strategies and products. We tried to keep it nonbiased and gave some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Installing Solar Critter Guard over Standing-Seam Metal Roofs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Protecting your solar installation from birds and other pests is essential, even on standing-seam metal roofs where critter problems might seem less common. Here are some tips we&#8217;ve learned from our own experience as well as that of our professional installer customers. Key Considerations for Critter Guard Installation on Metal Roofs Avoid Direct Metal Contact [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Join us at InterSolar 2025 &#8211; San Diego 2/25-27</title>
		<link>https://slicktoolsllc.com/join-us-at-intersolar-2025-san-diego-2-25-27/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re able to take a few days off work at the end of this month, come join us at the InterSolar trade show in San Diego! Slick Tools will be showing off our line of solar installation and critter guard products at booth 3339 near the Solar Games. We&#8217;ll have show special discount codes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Introducing the Slick Tools Wire Mesh Wrangler™</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m proud to announce the official launch of our newest tool, the Wire Mesh Wrangler! The Wrangler is the ultimate way to transport, dispense and recoil welded wire mesh, commonly used to protect solar systems from animals. Getting a roll of mesh onto a pitched roof, and carefully uncoiling just the amount you need while [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mod Spacer™ Video from SunPower</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SunPower's new instruction video shows how to set up a solar panel spacing jig using EMT conduit and Mod Spacers.]]></description>
		
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		<title>AG Bender Contact Rod Wear and Maintenance</title>
		<link>https://slicktoolsllc.com/ag-bender-contact-rod-maintenance/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to use and maintain the Contact Rods in your Animal Guard Bender.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does my solar PV system need animal/critter guard?</title>
		<link>https://slicktoolsllc.com/does-my-solar-pv-system-need-animal-critter-guard/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We crunch the numbers on pest-related maintenance costs of solar PV; and share a model that homeowners, installers and investors can use to calculate their own risk.]]></description>
		
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		<title>New additions to Team Slick Tools!</title>
		<link>https://slicktoolsllc.com/new-additions-to-team-slick-tools/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 21:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I was lucky enough to pitch the company at the University of Colorado Boulder&#8217;s Startups2students event, which connects startup-curious students with local companies. A number of students and recent grads reached out afterward, and I&#8217;m happy to announce we&#8217;ve hired two of them! Sam Taylor graduated from the CU Boulder Leeds School [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mind the Gap &#8211; How NOT to Install Solar Animal Guard</title>
		<link>https://slicktoolsllc.com/mind-the-gap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marshall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Getting a tight, critter-proof seal around your PV array is easier said than done! See photos of common mistakes and learn how to handle tricky racking and roof types (did someone say tiles?)]]></description>
		
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