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Scottish Cleaning Service

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Solar Panel Cleaning
« on: December 13, 2025, 01:40:49 pm »
Hi all, I've been asked to quote for cleaning a solar farm 4 times a year. Think there is about a thousand panels and will need to wait till they are finished building it for access. Last price I heard was 25p a panel but that was 5 years ago. Any help most welcome.

tonyoliver

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2025, 01:58:48 pm »
My honest advice
Leave them for someone else to do

simon w

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2025, 04:00:03 pm »
Hi all, I've been asked to quote for cleaning a solar farm 4 times a year. Think there is about a thousand panels and will need to wait till they are finished building it for access. Last price I heard was 25p a panel but that was 5 years ago. Any help most welcome.

What's the current price per domestic window these days?

Splash and dash

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2025, 04:17:04 pm »
Hi all, I've been asked to quote for cleaning a solar farm 4 times a year. Think there is about a thousand panels and will need to wait till they are finished building it for access. Last price I heard was 25p a panel but that was 5 years ago. Any help most welcome.

That was what solar  Steve was paying sub contractors ,not what we would charge the customers, I very much doubt they will get you to do it most are now cleaned with a tractor system as it’s far quicker and more cost effective for the site owners .
We have recently done 250 panels on a commercial building roof very awkward access £1250 plus vat

Bungle

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2025, 08:18:00 pm »
Did you use a cherry picker to get to the panels?
We look at them, they look through them.

Slacky

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 08:20:29 am »
25p per panel?

f*** that. f*** that just considering that’s the going rate.

Slacky

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 08:21:48 am »
The last decent solar panel job I did in the UK was an array of 600 on top of a number of grain silos nearby. £6 a panel.

Scottish Cleaning Service

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #7 on: Yesterday at 08:27:00 am »
They are on the ground 3 high. I'm thinking a minimum 50p a panel and it may take half a day. Would like to clean a row for free then I will be able to work out how long it will take.

tonyoliver

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #8 on: Yesterday at 08:49:29 am »
Splash picture  on its own should tell you to walk away !!
Not for the feint of heart that job

deeege

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #9 on: Yesterday at 10:35:06 am »
They are on the ground 3 high. I'm thinking a minimum 50p a panel and it may take half a day. Would like to clean a row for free then I will be able to work out how long it will take.

Yeh good luck cleaning 1000 panels in half a day.
4.2 panels per minute, every minute for 4 hours straight. Would love to see that happen  ;D
"....and it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink, and mother wake me early in the morning."

Splash and dash

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #10 on: Yesterday at 10:58:29 am »
They are on the ground 3 high. I'm thinking a minimum 50p a panel and it may take half a day. Would like to clean a row for free then I will be able to work out how long it


You certainly aren’t going to do 1,000 panels in half a day 800-1000 in a day is possible but that’s flat out on just dusty panels

Scottish Cleaning Service

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #11 on: Yesterday at 02:04:38 pm »
They are on the ground 3 high. I'm thinking a minimum 50p a panel and it may take half a day. Would like to clean a row for free then I will be able to work out how long it


You certainly aren’t going to do 1,000 panels in half a day 800-1000 in a day is possible but that’s flat out on just dusty panels

I thought one just bought a wide brush with 4 jets and dragged it down them. Its just getting built so mainly dust on them from the site.

Splash and dash

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #12 on: Yesterday at 04:45:48 pm »
They are on the ground 3 high. I'm thinking a minimum 50p a panel and it may take half a day. Would like to clean a row for free then I will be able to work out how long it


You certainly aren’t going to do 1,000 panels in half a day 800-1000 in a day is possible but that’s flat out on just dusty panels

I thought one just bought a wide brush with 4 jets and dragged it down them. Its just getting built so mainly dust on them from the site.
Even if you had the widest brush and a pole in each hand you won’t do 1000 panels in half a day

KS Cleaning

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Re: Solar Panel Cleaning
« Reply #13 on: Yesterday at 05:30:40 pm »
They are on the ground 3 high. I'm thinking a minimum 50p a panel and it may take half a day. Would like to clean a row for free then I will be able to work out how long it will take.
Half a day🤣🤣