Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 05, 2013 7:31 pm Hey everyone just got our roof put on at our future to be house. Anyway we decided to get our Solar Panel system included with our build. (Obviously a 3rd party is involved with the installation). However with my build I have had to do a lot of baby sitting with my builder eg. organise Intelligent homes to come out do there pre electrical work. Because my builder forgot and I don't want handover being held up because they forgot about the installation of solar panels. So my question is has anyone had Solar Panels included with there house and at one stage during the build were they installed? Re: Solar Panels at what stage are they installed during bui 2Jan 05, 2013 7:40 pm i noticed the house being built near us and as soon as they had the roof on they put the solar hot water system. and they were still bricking the house Re: Solar Panels at what stage are they installed during bui 3Jan 05, 2013 7:51 pm Hi AC27, we had solar and solar hot water included with our builder and for us it went slab, frame, roof and then our panels were put on, so pretty early on for us. Re: Solar Panels at what stage are they installed during bui 4Jan 05, 2013 8:25 pm My panels went on after lockup.. 2 Re: Solar Panels at what stage are they installed during bui 5Jan 06, 2013 9:54 am ok thanks guys so the general consensus is (based on replies) that it can be installed at any point during your build once roof is on. I am guessing once roof is on they advice to solar panel company to do their install and it depends on their back log as to when they can fit you in. Re: Solar Panels at what stage are they installed during bui 6Jan 06, 2013 6:19 pm Depends if organised through the builder or not. Organised through the builder - covered by builders insurance. We organised our own solar - being installed on 17th January 2-3 weeks before handover. Inverters are on the outside of the house - did not want to install them any earlier as they are a prime target for thieves. Re: Solar Panels at what stage are they installed during bui 7Jan 06, 2013 11:58 pm From a building supervisor perspective, most get the solar panels and inverter box are installed just prior to handover. Due to the items are a very high theft item. If you are getting them installed yourself rather than the builder, make sure the contractor you choose tells you where the best location for the panels will be on your plans. That way if you choose to have a solar hot water unit, the plumbers will know not to install the HWU where your solar panels will need to be installed. Hello - we were hoping to apply laminate click lock panels to our concrete ceiling, but not too sure how to go about attaching the panels to the concrete. Any idea what… 0 691 0 2990 The unit normally clips into a metal plate screwed to the wall, either plate is not flush, or unit not hooked in and could be hanging from the pipes partly, either might… 2 12581 |