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if you're still struggling for solar panels, drop me a DM. A close friend used to run a solar installation business in NI and he still does the odd installation when required. He can get all the hardware you need.
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That’s really kind of you to offer, thank you. I’m hopefully confirming everything with the sparky in the next day or two, but if that falls through again I might be getting in touch with you!
My partner bought £2k’s worth of panels from a website renugen who then said it wasn’t in stock but didn’t propose a refund. We’ve sent emails asking for one every day for almost two weeks with no response and reading trustpilot fills me with dread.. fortunately she sent a strongly worded one mentioning solicitors and some legal bits yesterday and they replied ten minutes later to say we should get the refund within 7 days, fingers crossed!!
@MTB-Idle yeah healing up nicely thanks, kept a plaster on just to remind me to go east on that hand but will be all set for another round of painting in the house tomorrow. The workshop going up means we’ll finally be able to get all the ply and plasterboard out the house which should allow us to start on finishings soon so want to get as much done as I can before that starts.
It was looking rather pretty this morning and seems like it will be a good day for them finishing the roof off as it’s meant to be a bit breezy here this weekend
Creek_Tebsin
@russmeyer haha well you got dark with that one, I really hope it never comes to fruition..
@Soul yeah we were kind of at that point before we moved away, paying a lot of rent for a shitty flat in Glasgow, working a truck driving minimum wage job that left me waking up grinding my teeth with anxiety and still just scraping through most months.
@Arducius @skinny I’ve been very fortunate that through my partner’s work and salary we’ve been able to access what we need for the set up, but I think once we’re in we might be able to manage our outgoings on one full time or two part time salaries so we have time to look after ourselves and each other. We’ve also chosen not to have any children which makes it easier as the three years in a rental with no space for things and the uncertainty of consistent power and the risks and stress will only impact us, as well as reducing our outgoings significantly.
You’re right in terms of all the life stresses still happen here but as much as I found rattling around on a bike through Glasgow worked to take my mind off things a walk to the shore and 5 minutes of just looking out seems to do the exact same up here. Life is slower and lacks the constant rushing which helps an awful lot.
We call it a workshop, but a large part of it is going to be battery storage and the inverters. We’re putting a wee dark room in for if we get back into screen printing and will split the rest between bikes and tools and a big worktop for art and things right in front of the big window. So it’ll be multipurpose but full of fun uses.
We’re having a hell of a time getting solar panels and the mounts are even worse. Any time we put an order in or think we have things finalised we get an email through a couple days later to say they’re out of stock. Talked to our sparky who does a lot of renewables fittings and should be able to get some through him, fingers crossed as we really need the mounts for the same time as the roof is going up..