Evacuated Solar Tubes

Our solar panels can provide up to 70% of your annual hot water needs.

Evacuated tube solar panels have several evacuated glass tubes that heat up the contained liquid. This in turn heats up your domestic hot water.

 The evacuated tubes reduce convection and conduction heat losses which means that they reach much higher temperatures than flat plate collectors.

A common misconception with solar panels is that they rely on heat from the sun. When in fact they get their power from light rather than the outside temperature. This means they continue to work in cold climates.

A further advantage of the evacuated tubes panel over the flat plate is the round profile of the tubes so that they are in constant contact with the sun's rays. Therefore you get a constant supply of power throughout the day.

Although the tubes have gaps between them our systems use specially designed curved reflectors to direct the rays back to the tubes.

Combi boilers and solar panels

For many years it was not possible to install solar panel hot water heating systems in houses that had combi boilers. We can now announce that In most cases this is now possible with our latest systems. Please contact us if yo have a combi boiler to find out if it is possible in your situation.

FAQ's (frequently asked questions) about solar power

Q. Why do you need to survey my home or business when some suppliers do a fixed price?

A. With a 'one size fits all' type of system you could be paying much more than you need. If you think about it all businesses have to make a profit so they must make allowances in their price for the jobs that need extra work. Even if they don't do that on their initial estimate you will find that part way through the job they will find an unexpected problem that you wil have to pay extra for. Just like those dodgy builders who always find more.

Q.  What is the life expectancy of your solar power hot water systems?

A. Our solar systems should last between 25 - 30 years during normal usage. We are that confident in the quality of our systems that we guarantee them for 10 years.

Q. How long does installation take?

A. Obviously it depends on the size of the installation and the type of construction. As a guideline you can expect around one to one and a half days.