Solar panels on pergola - what is everyone doing?

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Re: Solar panels on pergola - what is everyone doing?

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Some progress : . . . .

Blocking the excessive solar gain through the windows . . . with something useful . . .

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No protection from SW sunshine . . .
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Protection pretty good - with shade netting providing the fine-tuning ( netting not shown ) . . .
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Now the really useful stuff . . .fitted Feb 2023
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SporranMcDonald wrote: Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:25 pm Some progress : . . . .

Blocking the excessive solar gain through the windows . . . with something useful . . .

<space >

No protection from SW sunshine . . .
BeforeVeranda_1 .jpg

Protection pretty good - with shade netting providing the fine-tuning ( netting not shown ) . . .
VerandaCompleted_1.jpg

Now the really useful stuff . . .fitted Feb 2023
SolarVeranda_1.jpg
Are they 3d renders of what is going to be going in there?
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Re: Solar panels on pergola - what is everyone doing?

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Have you taken down a garage ?
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I'm interested as to materials, have you got to match in tiles or is it metal tile sheeting?
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I posted in show your system a while ago and nobody seemed to look at it.

Pergola install

https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... =15&t=1741

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dlw wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:12 pm I posted in show your system a while ago and nobody seemed to look at it.

Pergola install

https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... =15&t=1741

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Joeboy wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:05 am Are they 3d renders of what is going to be going in there?
They are photos of the real world . . . it's all up & running.

The brick shed is still there. Enough room for veranda & shed.

The teracotta psuedo-tiles are actually felt tiles. The colour match is (accidentally) near-perfect.
The veranda constructor { Rayners Buildings @ Godalming ] tell me that the felt tiles were manufactured in USA. . . . where I suspect they are commonplace.
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SporranMcDonald wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 7:10 pm
Joeboy wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:05 am Are they 3d renders of what is going to be going in there?
They are photos of the real world . . . it's all up & running.

The brick shed is still there. Enough room for veranda & shed.

The teracotta psuedo-tiles are actually felt tiles. The colour match is (accidentally) near-perfect.
The veranda constructor { Rayners Buildings @ Godalming ] tell me that the felt tiles were manufactured in USA. . . . where I suspect they are commonplace.
That's excellent, congrats on that 👏
Viewing through my smartphone so not best quality. Are they add on to existing PV or did you just go for it and install it all in Feb?

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Joeboy wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 7:14 pm . . . . Are they add on to existing PV or did you just go for it and install it all in Feb?
The Veranda got bogged down in a planning application for ages. I made the mistake of bundling it up with other changes which did definitely need PP.
Anyhow, finally the veranda went up in June 2022.

. . . . leading to immediate relief from the excessive solar gain through the glass . . . Nice !

An Air2Air Heat Pump was fitted in November. Working nicely !

Finally, my favoured Solar installer found a slot in early Feb 2023 - to fit ( my first ) Solar PV system with 7.2 kWh Pylontec batts.

This has been running for only a week, at time of writing, and my usage of grid power has crashed to near-zero !!!! Yippee! . . . but my next chat to Ripple Energy could be a bit embarrassing.
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Would it be impudent of me to ask what the materials versus labour costings were?
(& materials used).
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