Domestic Solar PV Quotes 2022 - No PM requests - See Mod note post #1

Received quote, ground system. I’ve to get the concrete ready myself. They will do the rest. They quoted me €7200 for a 6kw system. Non hybrid. WiFi. No battery. No Eddi. I can take €2400 off that price then. I’ve to apply for the grant myself.

Not sure I can get battery grant. House built 2011 so I can only apply for grant next week when it new changes I think. The battery grant will be gone by then will it?

He mentioned a 9m x 2m slab! 16 panels.

Aye, he’s not too far from me.

I'm in a bungalow built in 2000, approx 2400 sq foot. Currently OFCH and a solid fuel stove with a back boiler. I've done nothing to "improve" the house in terms of heating system, insulation since it was built. My plans are as follows;

1. I'm planning on going all out with replacement windows, changing from fairly basic quality double glazing to triple glazing windows and replacing all external doors at the same time.
2. I'm also very interested in getting solar panels with some method of storing electricity because I'm thinking of getting an electric car.
3. The final part is that I'm going for is to get a modern environmentally friendly air to water heating system.

I'm not looking forward to having my very nice solid wooden floors ripped up but I've heard that the best heating system Air to Water works best with underfloor heating pipes. I would really want to retain my solid fuel stove because I like to have a real fire and part of me would worry that if there were any power cuts, I'd be in the dark and cold! :(

I'm in the Midlands and I would appreciate any recommendations for people who can provide a good standard of work for the three different plans above.

Is there a recommended way of tackling all issues above to maximise the available grants? Should I look for an expert to manage the process?

I've used a BER consultant to inspect our house E2! And give us a detailed plan to get the house up to B rating. He knew all the incentives for heat pumps but we didn't want it. PM for details if you want. B rating is possible even retaining our two fireplace but with wood burning stoves.

The grant regime is changing this month to the "one stop shop" which includes new grants for windows and underfloor insulation and some other things as well. Might as well maximize the grants if you're windows and heat pump.

Is your floor suspended timber type?

Not sure, our boards are on joists but there is over a foot of space down to the concrete.

The battens are 3/4 inch thick and are laid onto concrete surface. The wooden floor is then laid on top of that 3/4 inch layer. The finished floor boards are also 3/4 inch thick so there is 1 and 1/2 inch between your foot and the concrete

That's not really a suspended timber floor then.

Absolutely. Get professional advice would be my recommendation. 150mm rigid insulation slab is what we need. Then allow for 80mm screed and floor finish.

As this is solar thread the battery grant expires for applications close of business tomorrow @Gorteen you can still submit a grant with battery today and will be valid for 8 months. Pick a good installer and submit, it's not binding or anything. There are several good quotes here recently a quick phone call for ballpark size in kWp and you can submit.

Fearing the grant might be ending very early in 2022 I submitted a grant application on last few days of 2021 with an installer I was not sure I would be proceeding with. In the new year I selected my installer and SEAI told me that a new application would be required with the new installer and only SEAI can delete the old application to allow a new application (cannot have two concurrent).

I would recommend submitting an application before 15th COB with an installer you may not even select and create a live application and try lock in the current grant. SEAI might allow you to revise this post 15th. The risk is that they wont/ cant. If this doesn't work you should still be able to apply for the new grant post cancelling the old application. Maybe give the SEAI a call to see what is best way to approach this.

@MAULBROOK, 'Logic' of dropping battery grant.....government may not want to promote battery systems so they can bring in super generous FIT for our benefit (i.e. delay FIT so they receive loads of free generation from non battery domestic systems)? Just a thought.

Tks dr phil..sold yesterday 👍👍

My quote today...

12 Panels 340 Watt 4KW .JA Solar Tier 1.

4,8 Pylon Tec Battery

5KW Solis Hybrid Inverter

Eddi

Wifi dongle

You guessed it.....

€10900 INC.VAT.

My quotes (From December/January)

---Company 1---

7.6kW (22 x 345W panels)

Solis 6kW hybrid inverter

Puredrive 5kWh battery

+ Harvi + WiFi dongle

€8900 (after deducting SEAI grant)

---Company 2---

7.7kW (21 panels)

Huawei inverter

Huawei 5kWh battery

Hot water booster (I told them I didn't need one as I have a combi boiler and no hot water cylinder, was included in quote anyway)

(this company also mixes up kWh and kW, does my head in)

€15000 (after deducting SEAI grant)

---Company 3---

7.8kW (21 x 370W panels)

5kW GivEnergy Hybrid Inverter

5.2kWh GivEnergy Battery

€11770,89 (after deducting SEAI grant)

Went with the first company. I asked them to come out to the house to have a look at something and answer some questions and they send someone out. So much nicer to deal with someone in person. Obviously quote was way more competitive.

Always see them on Facebook spouting about how much better the Huawei kit is as if that justifies them being €5k too expensive.

Yeah, it's nonsense. They all do a job and virtually 99% of users "could not give a monkeys" if they are using one brand of inverter over another. Sure, there are edge cases where some of us might be doing some automation etc that one brand (might) be easier than the other, but for the most part they "do exactly what it says on the tin".