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Totally agree! Don't follow suit with all the other installers charging so much to install, these companies are literally targetting such a small market and ignoring the larger market that over the last 5 years is emerging. Be the first to serve this marketplace and be ahead of the curve. The...

I have decided to now avoid the MCS installers, £5-7k more on quotes from MCS registered installers. Who also ignores the specification I asked for and we’re all quoting for their own versions. The benefit is to sell back to the grid however that will be minimal for me so would take at least 10...

Looks like a decent bookend you now have there Binky :ROFLMAO:

This is 100% why ASHP have gotten such a bad rep. There is no one size system fits all properties and everyone should seek best advice. Ask questions and play worst case scenario is always the route I have gone

Pvgis used for modelling and summer generation will be many times higher than our current usage but as our lives change this usage will alter so we have factored in for the future. I know many people that have setup in the same way and removed their boilers, they have experienced no...

Interesting if it goes ahead Still not a fan of relying on other countries to supply resources that we need for everyday living - just look what has happened with so many relying on Russia's supply. I agree with @binky in part regarding political stability but I don’t think this is just...

Solar power and off-peak electricity. The size of the solar PV will generate over the amount of Kw energy needed during most of the winter with the odd pay where we will draw from the grid a little more. I guess there have to be some idiots in this world that need to go a different route to...

:ROFLMAO: unfortunately not! The problem back then was everyone listen to the big guys in the gyms that had zero qualifications which meant so many people ended up with such bad tendons and joints. Now I spend all my time repairing the damage - we live and learn and pass the experience on to...

My thoughts exactly, after seeing the quotes roll in I was thinking who in their right mind is going to think "Let me rip the arse out of the quote just because a few people have got together". Don't see it having legs to be fair plus I know if I contact them they will want me to install some...

Binky is on tour in his motorhome! Assisting DIYers who do all the heavy lifting for him whilst paying for his expertise 🤷‍♂️ I feel like I could get a petition going to get you back :ROFLMAO:. seriously I get what you mean by the shoulder issues, I remember being young and thinking of getting...

Well, the breakdown on the quote for the MCS certificate, etc was only about £300 of the total quote but I am sure there are bigger costs involved to stay accredited! Ps when you are coming back out of retirement and saving the industry ;)

OH Binky I do love a statistic!!! :love:

Something I have been looking into! I Travel around numerous places for work and see so many unused rooftops and now even find myself counting how many panels could fit! (sad times ay!). Developers, unfortunately, do not care about eco, 12500 new homes are being built near one of my places of...

Interestingly I did some research on this when Mr Elon decided to start citing getting rid of power plants and putting solar farms on the land instead which will generate more power :unsure: ... Well from my research this is incorrect the solar farm would need to be approx. 6-10 times the size...

I am just going through the same process currently. We are removing gas altogether (goodbye boiler). I am going with Eddi to send surplus solar to the unvented cylinder which has been recommended by numerous installers and homeowners that have the system. As @binky said fused spur on an...

I wish the companies quoting would charge just £3000 to install. 2 quotes I had that were identical in every component etc and there is a £7k difference in the quoted price, the industry seems scandalous 🤡 The more of these threads I am reading through the more I think DIY install and not...

Yeah, I get the markup just highly frustrating. Currently, for affordability, you are forced to choose a smaller system to afford it to be installed via an approved MCS or go the route of DIY to get a bigger system but lose any benefits linked to it being installed by an MCS installer :rolleyes:

Afraid not, just a very old nickname from 25 years ago when I was in the sales game (better than being called Arthur Daly)

As a potential purchaser of a solar system, the MCS has made the solar pathway (who want to sell to the grid) a closed group. I am getting quotes with such huge markups on components it is making it not worth spending the money. The MCS engineers know they have the market to themselves so use...