The steps involved with Solar Panel Installation that you need to consider before someone climbs up onto your roof to fit them for you.
Assessing Your Roof and Shading
Roofs facing south with a pitch between 30° and 40° are best for solar panels but roofs facing east or west can also work well provided that panels are placed on both slopes to collect solar energy in the morning and in the afternoon. However, nearby trees, chimneys, or tall neighbouring buildings may cast sufficient shadow during the day to significantly reduce the system’s energy output even if they are not wholly shading the solar panels.
Checking Permitted Development
Conservation areas and listed buildings are exceptions to the rule of most domestic solar installations in Bristol falling under permitted development and therefore requiring no planning application. Can you check with Bristol City Council if your property is within a Conservation Area and if so what restrictions would apply. And if it’s a listed building what special provisions would apply.
Notifying Your DNO
Western Power Distribution will be notified of the intention to connect by your Solar Panel Installation Bristol engineers and the connection to the grid will take approximately 2-4 weeks for Solar Panel Installation Bristol.
Sizing the System
The number of panels required will depend on the size of the roof and the use of batteries. A typical 3 bedroom house would have a 3.5-4kW system with 6-10 panels.
What the Pre-Installation Survey Confirms
During the pre-installation survey to your local Solar Panel Installation Bristol property the installers will check over the roof for structural adequacy, and then measure out the roof to confirm the available area for panels. They will then plan out the cable runs down from the roof to the consumer unit. A useful reference for Solar Panel Installation Bristol is https://www.precisiongreenenergy.co.uk/renewables/solar-panel-installation/bristol/.
Each of these stages needs to be completed before the others in order to arrive at the right decision for the installation to remain on track.
