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

Does anyone know of a totally AC coupled battery storage system in the Irish market? Like the Tesla power wall.

Givenergy all in one

Just got a quote for a friend,

5.3kwp

6kw hybrid inverter (givenergy)

9.5kwh battery

Eddi diverter

11.3k after grant

Sorry, yes, 5kw inverter, not 6.

What are the new regs you are referring to ?

Cheers, so the givenergy 5kw is within regs!

Yep,.the entire system is givenergy,.except for panels and eddi of course

You've been had. Get your deposit back immediately. If you paid by card cancel it.

They're not prepared to have any non refundable outlay, so all the risk is on you. It sounds like subbies doing the job, probably cash. They don't want their name on a commercial rental transaction. They've probably already drank your deposit. Walk away.

Only you can decide if it's a walk away job using your gut and their response. It's a sellers market at mo so they can get away with acting the goat and not being super efficient.

It could be a sign they are acting the maggot and looking to wring more money out of you. Is that one to manage them more closely instead of walking away??

Or could be their admin is crap (our installers were like that, install was fine, admin was terrible). Tell them you won't pay for that as wasn't discussed to date and you've a deposit paid which included scaffolding.

Also ask them to reconfirm the details of the order. So paste in anything you have in writing or discuss verbally on calls and ask them to confirm that is what you're getting and that you'll assume it is unless they reply 1 week ahead of the install date. You want a written email trail in case there are issues. And tell them you expect to get a full handover on the day. I got shown nothing pretty much, had to figure it all out bar they gave me the inverter login to see stats.

Check what % of payment you can hold back for snags. I needed that as they had small stuff to sort. If it's not listed anywhere, decide that yourself tell them you are holding back X% (that you pick) for snags. Even if they don't agree, it will focus their mind you're not a pushover. In my case they never fixed the snags but removed money so I could get it done by any tradesperson. That suited me fine and I didn't lose out.

Tell them you're going to takes pics on the install day and watch their work. Take pics of the panels (so you can see if they are the wattage in the contract. Mine were lower so they agreed on install day to add 1 more panel at no cost, which more than made up the gap). Them on roof, areas they are working on. You won't need those unless there are snags later / messing from them. They include pics in the grant submission, but you'll want your own photos too in this case I'd suggest.

Get them to walk you through it on install day in case they are troublesome to deal with post install. I had to chase and chase to get them to look at snags afterwards. Am still delighted I got solar but had to manage them more than I expected or would have liked. I've no idea who your installer is and none of my business (mine weren't Northern based).

Once they install it, you'll have very little dealings with them again. So once it fully works, it's not the end of the world if you never deal with them again. And they make money from installs. Not from an hour here or there helping people with snags. So other installers likely won't touch someone else's work.

A skylight would probably be cheaper than actual scaffolding I would have thought

There are a few (2-3) installers in Enniskillen, so perhaps it's not the regulars which are fairly well regarded in this forum. Even if it is, it could also well be that your house is not typical and ladders wouldn't be a great option. I don't know either way of course, just calling it out that it's hard for me/others to say definitively that it's bogus (or not).

It does "raise eyebrows" with me, but like others have said here.....this shouldn't be something that you as a customer needs to solve. They might charge you for it, and depending on your house that maybe applicable, but as for sourcing and hiring a skylift......I'd have thought that best left to the installer. The actual monies does factor in here too. If it's like €50 or something that they are talking about then it's like a moot point. When you are paying €10K or something, do you really want to be nickle & dime'ing over €50?

A lot of what you say is true. Where it's "out of character" is that there have literally been dozens, if not 100's of installed customers from our regulars "up north" and there has (so far) to the best of my knowledge another situation involving a skylift. Something doesn't quite add up here - and I think it might be jumping to conclusions that "Ohh the supplier MUST be at fault here".

Don't get me wrong, it could well be the case that there is something "off".....but again, perhaps the roof isn't suitable for scaffold/ladder, it's not actually the regular supplier.... or there is some other justifiable reason - but again, your contracting the installer to install panels. Irrespective of reasons, the onus of organizing skylifts etc shouldn't be on the customer, so on that front I'd walk away.......but it's a surprise.

Note: I've no connection/or dealings with that supplier. I'm not defending them in anyway, only stating that it's super unusual - something seems off there.

The problem with using ladders is the outshot (kitchen extension) at the back of the house.

The link I sent him clearly shows this. Anyway I think I'll just pay for the skylift, as long as it's not too expensive.

I've been waiting for ages and the original quote is reasonable, from what I have seen.

I got some good news. They are going to use scaffolding instead of a skylift at no extra cost.

I reckon it was an admin mix up. That supplier is well known and doesn't do underhanded tactics.