Panels and batteries for Parkdale's renovated older homes and its new two-storey rebuilds, with fixings and outdoor gear specified for the streets near the beach. Designed and installed by our own A-Grade electricians, about 30 minutes away in Somerville.
A typical Parkdale street runs from a renovated interwar or 1950s house with a terracotta or concrete tile roof, past a postwar brick veneer, to a new two-storey rebuild or a pair of townhouses with a Colorbond roof. Each one takes solar differently. Tile needs hooks fitted under the tiles without cracking them. Steel takes clamps or brackets screwed to the roof sheets and is quicker to work on. A low-pitch or skillion roof on a modern build may need tilt frames to get the panels to a useful angle.
The extensions matter too. Plenty of Parkdale homes have been opened up at the back with a new living area under a separate roof line, which often gives a clean north or west face the original roof never had. We look at every plane on the house, old and new, before deciding where the panels go.
Then there is the bay. On the streets nearest Beach Road the air carries salt, so mounting, isolators and any outdoor enclosure are chosen for it, and the battery goes under cover. Further back towards the railway line it is a standard install. More on our Parkdale work.
The roof decides how the panels go on. Your evening use decides the battery. All of it is fitted by Powerband staff.
Jinko or Aiko panels on hooks fitted under terracotta or concrete tiles, with the roof walked carefully so the old tiles stay intact. We plan around chimneys, valleys and the roof line of the rear extension.
Clamps or brackets fixed to the roof sheets, and tilt frames where a skillion or flat roof would otherwise leave the panels too flat. All-black panels are popular on new builds for the look from the street.
A Sigenergy, GoodWe, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow battery in the garage or on a sheltered wall, close to the switchboard, with backup circuits for the fridge, lights and internet when the power drops.
Close to the foreshore we use salt-rated mounting and sealed outdoor enclosures and keep the battery and inverter out of direct weather, so the system ages like one further inland.
The full range is on our products page.
Tier-one panels with 25-year performance warranties, laid out for the roof faces you have.
Hybrid and string inverters, chosen so a battery can join the system now or later.
Home batteries sized to the evening peak, with backup circuits set up for outages.
Home chargers wired into the same system and set to charge from your solar first.
No Parkdale write-up yet. These three are from the suburbs around it, and each case study has the full details.
Next door to Parkdale. Twenty-eight Jinko panels on a tile roof, GoodWe battery storage on the southern wall beside the switchboard, and the gas cooktop swapped for induction on its own circuit.
A double-storey home with a tin roof. Sixteen panels, a GoodWe single-phase hybrid inverter, three battery modules in the garage behind bollards and a 7kW GoodWe EV charger, all in one visit.
A double-storey home further north where the main switchboard was upgraded to carry the system. Seventeen panels and three GoodWe battery modules, with no Solar Victoria rebate on this job.
About 30 minutes from our depot off-peak, so Parkdale visits are easy to fit in.
Original roof, extension, garage and carport, with shading from neighbours and trees noted.
We find the shortest sensible cable run and check whether the board can take the new circuits.
Layout drawing, inverter, battery size and the after-rebate price, with the fixing method for your roof type.
Our crew fits the panels, inverter and battery, usually in one day, with any board work done at the same time.
Monitoring on your phone, a backup test with you present and the Certificate of Electrical Safety.
Panels, inverter and battery each have different incentives. We check your eligibility and show every line on the quote.
Federal certificates on the panels, taken off the price at the point of sale. No claim to make afterwards.
Around 30 percent off an approved battery through Cheaper Home Batteries, no income test. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan any more.
For eligible owner-occupiers, on the panels and inverter only. Thinking about the heater as well? See heating and cooling in Parkdale.
Older tiles, new steel and salt air all reward a crew that takes its time.
A-Grade electricians on staff, SAA accredited for solar and batteries, and nothing subcontracted.
The after-rebate figure on the quote is the figure on the invoice, including any switchboard work we found at the visit.
About 30 minutes from Somerville off-peak, and we already work along this stretch of the bay.
New Energy Tech Approved Seller, so the sales and contract side follows the same code as the install.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441.
Terracotta can be brittle, so we walk the roof carefully and fit hooks under the tiles rather than through them. We also note any tiles that are already cracked before we start, so you know what was there.
Yes. On a low-pitch or skillion roof we use tilt frames where they help, so the panels sit at a better angle and shed rain and dirt.
Often that is the better roof. Extensions frequently face north or west with no chimneys or valleys. We look at every plane before drawing the layout.
For homes in the streets nearest Beach Road we specify it as standard. Further back it is a judgement made on the site visit.
If most of your use is in the evening, a battery lets you use your own solar then rather than buying from the grid. If someone is home through the day, panels alone may be enough for now. We show both on the quote.
Usually. Depending on the inverter, the battery either connects alongside it or the inverter is swapped for a hybrid. We test the existing system first.
A site visit, then a written quote with the layout, roof fixings, battery and after-rebate price. No obligation.
