All-black solar panels on a tiled roof under a blue sky

30 miles from the workshop

Solar panels in Petersfield

Name: Solar Squirrel
Address: Wayside, Chanctonbury Close, Washington, West Sussex, RH20 4AR, GB
Telephone: 01243 882444

The Hampshire end of the patch, named in their own coverage statement, and the furthest they routinely travel.

What we find on Petersfield roofs

Worth grouping with other Hampshire work where we can — it keeps the travel out of the price.

Distance, geography, housing stock and the planning position all change how a system gets designed. These are the ones that decide it in Petersfield.

What we take into account here

Approximately 30 road miles west of Washington — the far edge of the regular working area.
Hampshire is named directly in our own coverage statement.
A market town inside the South Downs National Park, in the East Hampshire district, sitting in the shelter of the western Downs.
National Park designation plus a conservation area covering the historic centre around The Square — both bear on where an array can sensibly go.
Georgian and Victorian town-centre property alongside substantial modern and rural stock in the surrounding villages, where the usable roofs mostly are.
Inland and sheltered — no maritime corrosion allowance needed, unlike the coastal half of the patch.
Solar, battery storage, EV charging and system design; general electrical work by arrangement at this distance.

Home batteries at the Hampshire end

Inland and sheltered, Petersfield spares us the corrosion allowance but not the paperwork: a home battery is installed to PAS 63100 wherever it is, the inverter is notified to the network operator before it is energised — the MPAN on your bill says which — and the certificate for the circuit is signed by the electricians who fitted it. In the National Park an outbuilding wall is often the tidier answer for both the array and the storage.

At thirty miles we group Hampshire work where we can, which is one more reason to settle the line early. The Sigenergy stack, the Fox ESS pairing and the other lines we fit are set out plainly, and how we choose between them is written down before anyone visits.

Also covered from here

Midhurst is covered from this page rather than having one of its own — the same vans and the same survey.

What we fit around here

The systems that suit Petersfield

Three arrangements cover most of what goes on a Hampshire roof. Which one your house wants is decided at the survey, on the roof itself — not from a satellite image.