Ronski's Solar & battery DIY build with whole house backup

[Ron-ski]

I'll be honest i'm not convinced with wall mounted ones. Theres a house near my parents with none on the roof, but the walls are covered. I'd imagine its planning related

I think there's a massive difference between my installation and theirs. They are almost certainly a very poor DIY install, not only do they look unsightly they must be heavily shaded, so not very effective. Clearly the home owner didn't have the skil or knowledge to do a roof installation, and didn't want to pay for a proper install.

The roof may also be in very poor condition and is effectively at the end of its life.

I'd be very surprised if that roof is at end of life, it will just be as I've said above

And as Fraser says, very unlikely to be planning related, it won't be a listed building, could be a conservation zone, but then they'd still need permission for wall mount.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Whats the betting thats an illegal install. Clearly over the minimum amount your allowed to install without notifying DNO. (approx 1kw)
Probably just stuffed into the CU or even directly into a circuit that runs close.

 

[Ron-ski]

Perhaps we should start a thread for really bad solar installs.