MCS solar panels installers

What does MCS mean?

The solar panel industry is very ethical nowadays, but it wasn't always the case.

MCS accreditation is the benchmark for competent solar panels installers using accredited solar technology. You will require a full on-site inspection of your home for a quotation, simply because solar panels are not a one size fits all technology.

We all want the highest quality installation, so we need to ensure that bad or poor performing solar companies cannot thrive and give us all a bad name! That is why the Micro Generation Certification scheme was introduced in 2009.

Consumers guide to a quality installation

We are all familiar with the products that have gained bad reputations already such as double glazing and timeshares to name just two. They are very good products when sold and implemented properly, but the sales arena does seem to attract the wrong people that then gives that industry a poor reputation.

Here are a few tips to help you avoid the solar panel installer from hell and help you choose a good solar company for a quality solar panels installation.

1. Please ensure that your solar installer is certified for the MCS scheme. You can't claim any feed in tariffs including the Renewable Heat Incentives or Clean Energy Cashback schemes if they are not.

2. Please ensure your solar company belongs to the Renewable Energy Association (REA). The REA have codes of conduct relating to your installation and quality of products including the conduct of sales people.

3. Please ensure that the solar company surveys your home thoroughly before giving you a quote. Avoid property surveys done over the phone.

4. Please do not allow any sales person to over stay for longer than you are comfortable. The REA guidelines are a maximum of 2 hours.

5. Please, if you do sign anything there and then or you part with any money/deposit, as a consumer you always have a 7 day cancellation period if for any reason you are unhappy.

This guide should help you to avoid any unpleasant experiences and help you to make a well informed decision to install this very cost effective and worthwhile solar technology on your home

Ask our MCS solar installers for details:

Are you an MCS approved installer?

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How to become MCS solar panels installer?

The MCS accreditation is simply put, to evaluate micro generation products and solar panel installers against strict guidelines and criteria whilst providing greater protection for consumers looking to invest in solar technologies.

To become an MCS certificated solar installer or to have products certificated under the MCS scheme you must contact MCS directly.

Solar panel installers are hero's. They tirelessly install solar panels in all conditions. I doff my cap to these skilled and hard working individuals.

To get accredited, MCS solar panels installers require complete compliance with the relevant MCS standard MIS3002. The most significant of these is the guides to the installation of PV solar systems - A United Kingdom specific installation document that aims:

In addition, MCS is about ensuring quality control, as defined within the MCS standard MCS001 and perhaps best summed up as:

1. Say what you do (disclose written procedures for scrutiny).
2. Do what you say (follow your procedures as standard best practise).
3. Prove it (Inspections and assessments by approved MCS certification personnel).

Did you know: Solar panel installers usually come from plumbing and electrician backgrounds before training for solar.

Local MCS solar panels installers:

Bedfordshire - Leighton Filtwick Milton Keynes Welwyn Bedford Luton Dunstable

Berkshire - Fleet Woking Aldershot Stains Bracknell Basingstoke Fleet Woking Aldershot

Buckinghamshire - High Wycombe Aylesbury Milton Keynes Slough Chesham

Cambridgeshire - Cambridge Huntingdon Royston Newmarket Peterborough

Cheshire - Chester Warrington Liverpool Wrexham Northwich Nantwich Macclesfield

Cornwall - St Austell Newquay Plymouth Falmouth Redruth St Ives Camborne Helston

Cumbria - Barrow in Furness Workington Whitehaven Carlisle Kendal Penrith

Derbyshire - Nottingham Stockport Mansfield Manchester Uttoxeter Derby Sheffield

Devon - Sidmouth Bideford Tavistock Barnstaple Tiverton Exeter Torquay Devon

Dorset - Christchurch Weymouth Ringwood Dorchester Poole Bournemouth

Essex - Gloucester Cirencester Yate Bristol Stroud Cheltenham

Gloucestershire - Yate, Bristol Gloucester Stroud Cheltenham Cirencester

Hampshire - Southampton Portsmouth Basingstoke Andover Winchester

Herefordshire - Leominster Hereford

Hertfordshire - Harrow Watford Luton Harlow Hamel Hampstead St Albans Stevenage

Kent - Maidstone Ashford Sevenoaks Gravesend Folkstone Dover Ramsgate Sittingbourne

Lancashire - Fleetwood Morecambe Clitheroe Wigan Bolton Preston Blackburn Burnley Blackpool

Leicestershire - Melton Mowbray Loughborough Hincley Nuneaton Banbury Newbury Leicester Oakham Harborough

Lincolnshire - Skegness Scunthorpe Peterborough Lincoln Grantham

London - Watford Epsom Slough Fulham Dartford Wembley

Middlesex - Cheshunt Loughton Hempstead London Watford Potters Bar

Norfolk - Great Yarmouth Norwich Kings Lynn Thetford

Northamptonshire - Darlington Hexham Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland Sunderland Middlesborough

Northumbria - Darlington Hexham Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland Sunderland Middlesborough

Nottinghamshire - Nottingham Loughborough Chesterfield Newark Mansfield Grantham

Scotland - Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, Mothfatt, Stirling

Shropshire - Whitchurch Stafford Stoke on Trent Telford Shrewsbury

Somerset - Yeovil Wellington Frome Bath Bristol Bridgewater Minehead Taunton

Staffordshire - Nantwhich Macclesfield Telford Burton Stafford Newcastle under Lyme Whitchurch Stoke on Trent

Suffolk - Ipswich Bury St Edmonds Newmarket Thetford Mildenhall Stowmarket Lowestoft

Surrey - Haslemere Sutton Guildford Aldershot Horley

Sussex - Horesham Eastbourne Tumbridge Wells Crawley Brighton Bognor Regis Hastings

Wales - Haverfordwest Aberystwyth Carmarthen Llandudno Holyhead Cardiff Newport Swansea Flint Methyr Tydvill Brecon

Warwickshire - Coventry Sutton Coldfield Birmingham Lemington Spa Warwick Straford upon Avon Solihull

Wiltshire - Warminster Salisbury Swindon Chippenham Trowbridge

Worcestershire - Redditch Kidderminster Malvern Birmingham Worcester Evesham Bromsgrove

Yorkshire - York Leeds Kingston upon Hull Doncaster Wakefield Darlington Middlesborough Scarborough