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Solar panel Layout

Skintsaver · 2022-07-26 21:52:49

Hello, so I've recieved the lay out for my Solar layout. I'm not convinced it looks right and must be a better way. They say the yellow line represents a 450mm edge which should be around the whole array. So I've came up my own designs on paper, I've scaled these as accuratley as I can. Option 1 This is theirs which I'm…

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QrizB Posts: 18,392 Forumite

27 July 2022 at 7:50PM

My house is a semi, and my panels run pretty much all the way to the party wall. (I had to ask the installers to move them a few cm along the track as they looked to be overlapping next door when they started fitting them).
I'd ask for your Option 4 - four panels, two landscapre below, two portrait above - but shuffled to the right to make fuller use of your roof area.
If you need to pay for the extra two panels out of your own pocket, get a quote and decide for yourself.

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