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Title: prices for solar panels
Post by: Richard iSparkle on November 04, 2011, 03:55:54 pm
been asked by a client to clean their solar panels.  does anyone do this, and if so how much do you charge?  also do you have a minimum fee for it as they are one off jobs (or at best 6 monthly)?

Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on November 04, 2011, 04:21:11 pm
Been thinking the same myself and would probably be £6 per pannel with a min of 4 pannels.

From what i have read is that solar pannels should be cleaned in March / April then again in July / August to get the best out of them.
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Richard iSparkle on November 04, 2011, 06:18:40 pm
i was thinking more along the lines of £10 per panel, minimum £79.95!  unless its a client and you're on the property already i don't figure its worth doing anything for less than £60.  also if these things are damaged when you're cleaning they're thousands of pounds to replace.
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Blast Away on November 04, 2011, 06:40:16 pm
It's gonna be a big market this lads in a few years.

Got a mate who is a manager at a warehouse and they're having them fitted, 400k worth. All aligned so cleaning can be done. Will have to keep in his good books in a couple of years.  :D
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: king marko on November 04, 2011, 06:56:57 pm
Would this kind of clean be c
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: king marko on November 04, 2011, 06:58:19 pm
Would this kind of clean be clean be covered under usual insurance?? Or would I need to upgrade?
I've been asked by customer for a once-a-year clean
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on November 04, 2011, 07:00:08 pm
probably need to up your insurance i reckon... worth asking your insurer
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Richard iSparkle on November 04, 2011, 07:17:19 pm
need to inform your insurer
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: king marko on November 04, 2011, 07:21:54 pm
Thought so... Already told customer I won't touch them yet as not sure.
Suppose I need to decide wether to push this service to justify increase in premium?
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: bobplum on November 04, 2011, 07:34:06 pm
is there a risk we can damage the panels with brushes we use,as any one got experience cleaning panels
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Richard iSparkle on November 05, 2011, 05:04:41 am
hey bob,

yes there is a risk of damaging the panels if the wrong brush head is used, also a risk if water temp too hi, or too low in hot weather!  apparently they're very delicate.  that's whny you need to charge properly for this if you do it.
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: LBWCS on November 05, 2011, 09:06:54 am
Are there any solar panel 'experts' on here then? I'm looking to add this service and would like to know exactly how to go about it, without learning from a costly mistake! What size poles and adapters are used as some look very tricky to get to
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: Dave Turley on November 06, 2011, 05:19:50 pm
Hi Rhine!
I'm also. Ery interested in this for the next few years.
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: bobplum on November 06, 2011, 05:28:14 pm
Probably the best thing to do is to contact a solar panel maker/supplier and get the info from them
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: nathan214 on November 06, 2011, 05:28:40 pm
i do solar pannel cleaning now u need a very soft brush head i charge 7pound per pannel and this cant really be done off a ladder bit dangerous we use scafold towers thats the best way to do it or a cherry picker if its offices
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: nathan214 on November 06, 2011, 07:41:32 pm
http://windowcleaningsupplies.net/prod_show.asp?prodid=698&ref=froogle
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: nathan214 on November 06, 2011, 07:42:15 pm
thats the brush we use
Title: Re: prices for solar panels
Post by: glen parva on November 06, 2011, 08:29:25 pm

this the we use
http://www.windowcleaningstuff.co.uk/product.php?id_product=584

cheaper still  ;D ;D