Gone Solar - Bristol

17/10/2025

Now Hiring: Solar PV Roofer

We're on the lookout for a skilled Solar PV Roofer to join our growing team - helping us deliver quality solar installations across South Wales and beyond.

If you take pride in your craft, love working outdoors, and want to be part of the UK’s renewable energy movement - we want to hear from you.

Here's what you’ll be doing:
🔧 Installing solar panels on pitched and flat roofs (residential + commercial)
🏠 Making sure every install is watertight, safe, and built to last
🤝 Working alongside our electricians and install team to get the job done right
🦺 Following all health & safety standards - because quality and safety come first

What we’re looking for:
✔️ Proven roofing experience (solar PV experience a bonus)
✔️ Comfortable working at heights and using access equipment
✔️ CSCS card or Working at Heights certification preferred
✔️ Full UK driving licence
✔️ A strong work ethic and attention to detail

What we can offer you:
💰 Competitive pay + overtime opportunities
📈 Career growth in the fast-growing renewables industry
🚐 Company vehicle + tools (depending on experience)
🎓 Training in solar PV installation and renewable energy tech
👊 A supportive team that values quality, safety, and craftsmanship

This is a full-time, long-term role with huge potential as we continue to expand our operations across Wales and the South West.

📩 Interested?
Send us a message or email your CV to [email protected] - we’d love to chat.

07/07/2025

If, like me, you have been taking advantage of the good weather to trim bushes, clean cars, clean patios, repair broken fences and start on long planned projects now the rain has (mainly)gone.

You may have noticed a change in the ambient noise, swinging from the morning bird song to the industrial sounds of drill, chainsaws and lawn mowers interspersed with hammering, jet washers and hoovers, then the sound of music and children playing in temporary pools, hot tubs running and (now the time is here) the sound of live sports from televisions and radios such as the women’s Euros.

Tools and Equipment of Convenience

In most cases, the tools and equipment are powered using batteries. Modern power tool batteries are a wonderful asset to have as they offer mobility to get tasks done without using long extension cables or generators to supply power to the tool.

The power for all these helpful, I would say essential, pieces of equipment comes from somewhere and it is not cheap.

Financial Costs

For your personal DIY or leisure equipment you most likely charge batteries or run equipment from your 230v sockets, usually using grid power at peak prices.

Businesses pay extra in the warmer periods to store high demand items such as food and drinks or leisure equipment at peak commercial rates in the hopes of turning a profit from providing such a valuable service.

In both these cases you need not incur such expenses to enjoy the fruits of your labour or provide a valuable service to customers.

At Gone Solar we believe that you should be paying less for the energy you consume and you should have more control over your costs.

Residential customers can benefit from generating their own power to reduce their bills all day and year-round. You can significantly cut your bills and in cases where your bills are very high you can bring them down to a more manageable level by having panels installed, batteries too to stretch out the benefits of solar and keep the pounds in your bank account rather than burning through money.

Commercial customers can usually utilise a larger roof for solar power generation. This can be used and stored to run their services and to bridge the gap between the sun going down and the business shutting for the night. Remaining stored energy can power essential systems and charge electric fleet vehicles until opening the next day.

The financial impact of this on a business is powerful as it offers flexibility to the owner who can potentially convert the savings into reduced operating costs and / or better price offerings and ultimately better margins to survive and prosper.

Environment

The demand placed on the grid from additional equipment we use to enjoy finer weather, increased time for hobbies and interests and from providing services generates additional carbon as a result.

Solar installations offer the clean benefit by eliminating or reducing the carbon that would normally be generated giving you peace of mind that the good you buy and sell come with a lower carbon footprint as well as providing better cost control and flexibilty to business.

Technical Compliance and Quality

We provide MCS compliant, insurance backed installations to your required specification and provide quality when we do so.We offer service to ensure your product is accepted by the grid, operates as you expect and can be monitored and repaired reomtely, if not, at the installation

In the warmer months you need only worry about burning you head instead of your bank balance. Don’t have energy nightmares, let Gone Solar help you catch the sun to power your dreams.

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Gone Solar are Solar Experts serving all of Wales and can provide free quotes for any jobs small or large.

28/06/2025

The Lurking Costs of a Heatwave

When a Heatwave hits us here in the UK there are some certainties we can rely on. You can bet that people will buy more cold treats, fans, BBQ's, booze, sun cream and all those things we like to enjoy as we bask in the sunshine and take the opportunity to smile.

Some things we forget about are the change in energy costs associated with the heat, the costs of some things we more frequently utilise in hot conditions, sometimes forgotten about because we can obtain respite with the flick of a switch, but behind that positive feeling can often be a financial penalty.

Air conditioning systems, desktop and ceiling mounted fans to name a few, we switch them on as we require the benefits and continue about our day. We even modify our routine to manage our exposure to heat and rely on technology to assist us in doing so.

So on top of our routine of setting appliances to run overnight and take advantage of cheaper electricity we then go and run equipment drawing a lot of power during the day, when costs are greater, to cope with conditions. This can often use up any savings achieved and in fact we can easily cost ourselves more money managing our environment in warmer periods.

With heatwaves predicted to be more frequent and longer lasting we should be hedging against these costs with a bit more urgency as there is serious potential for them to rise as we invest in more systems coupled with energy price rises. This can be a crippling cost for home owners and businesses.

We are on Heatwave number three this year, yes short in duration each time, but with the potential for the next one to be more extensive it may be as difficult for us, later on, to make up for the drain on our finances as it is for water courses to replenish which can affect our financial wellbeing going forward.

Installing a permanent solar pv system can curtail costs by using the power generated before you start paying for expensive grid power. Having batteries for energy storage as part of an installation will allow you to stretch out your use of lower cost energy and further reduce reliance on the grid.

For a domestic setting the bill reduction can provide a welcome relief on finances and the opportunity to use the savings more effectively. In a commercial setting a high quality solar installation and energy storage solutions can do all of the above and more.

Commercial clients are more likely to be running power intensive air conditioning systems , air purification, heavy machinery or equipment which works more effectively in climate controlled conditions. Above all people require conditions within a set temperature range before they start slowing down or even going home suffering the effects of heat or citing unreasonable working conditions.

The effect on productivity can cause severe damage to companies reliant on machinery, information technology to manage customer services and logistics and importantly having staff in place. Long term costs due to equipment running at higher temperatures than necessary for long periods are a latent effect not often considered.

Contact us at Gone Solar to plan your domestic installation to take control of your domestic energy needs.

Contact us to plan and prepare your business for the future and the potential to control the costs of providing better working conditions all year round and ultimately boosting your bottom line.

Don't have energy nightmares, let Gone Solar help you catch the sun to power your dreams.

Gone Solar are Solar Experts serving all of Wales and can provide free quotes for any jobs small or large.

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