Solar Advice

Straight answers to the questions homeowners actually ask before committing to solar.

How Many Solar Panels Do I Need?

What actually determines system size — roof area, electricity use and inverter sizing — and why the honest answer needs a survey.

Is My Roof Suitable for Solar?

Orientation, pitch, covering, condition and shading — the five things that decide whether your roof works.

Do I Need a Solar Battery?

When storage earns its place and when it does not — a straight answer rather than a sales pitch.

What Is the Smart Export Guarantee?

How the SEG works, what you need to qualify, and why nobody can quote you a fixed export rate.

Solar Panels and Shading

A practical look at how much shading actually costs you, and what to do about it.

Do Solar Panels Need Planning Permission?

Permitted development, and the situations in Stoke-on-Trent where it does not apply.

Signs Your Inverter Is Failing

What to look for, what to check yourself, and when to call someone out.

Solar Panel Maintenance

What a solar system actually needs over its life — which is less than you might think, but not nothing.

Common questions

Why don't you publish savings figures?

Because they depend on your roof, your consumption, your tariff and future energy prices. Your quotation will include an MCS performance estimate for your actual property, which is the figure worth having.

Is solar still worth it without a battery?

Frequently, yes — particularly if someone is home during the day and already uses much of what the roof generates.

What does the quote cost?

Nothing, and there is no obligation. The installer provides a free design and written quotation.

Who actually does the work?

A trusted MCS-certified installer covering Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding area. Solar Panels Stoke-on-Trent is a quote service, not the installer, so the work, the price, the certification and the warranties are all theirs.

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