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jimfields33

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1. It's probably a good idea but to save money is not it

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jul 18, 2023, 05:35 PM

Jul 2023

My neighbor is getting a new roof. She has to pay a company to take off the solar panels and put them back on once the roof is replaced. Hidden costs they don’t tell you. The cost is at least five grand.

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Austin-area homeowners among thousands across country having issues with bankrupt solar energy firm [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

It's probably a good idea but to save money is not it jimfields33 Jul 2023 #1

Your neighbor might have received a tax deduction when purchased TeamProg Jul 2023 #3

She did get the credits. But you still have to front the money jimfields33 Jul 2023 #4

we replaced our roof prior to our panels. Javaman Jul 2023 #5

Her roof is twenty years old. I believe she got the panels around 11. jimfields33 Jul 2023 #6

I think Pink Energy came to my house in Indiana. LiberalFighter Jul 2023 #2

I'm in the Austin areas (Elgin) and just got solar. Shipwack Jul 2023 #7