Areas we cover · London & South East · Reading
Solar panels in Reading — installed, repaired and serviced by one team
Across Reading and Berkshire — Caversham, Tilehurst, Earley, Woodley, Wokingham, Bracknell and Newbury — our own engineers install solar PV and battery systems, and repair and service systems fitted by any installer. Repair is our core business, so there’s no pressure to rip out and replace.
Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm · Clear written quote before any work starts
Talk to us about solar, batteries or repairs.
Call 0800 156 0191, Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm, or send us a message through our contact page.
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England, Wales & Scotland
What we do in Reading
Installs, repairs and servicing across the RG postcodes.
Our own engineers on every job, and a clear written quote before any work starts.
Solar panel installation in Reading
New solar PV, with or without a battery, surveyed and fitted by our own MCS certified engineers.
Solar panel repair in Reading
A system that has stopped generating, or is generating less than it used to, whoever fitted it. We trace the fault and put it right.
Inverter repair in Reading
Inverters showing a fault code, tripping out or sitting dead on the wall. Same-week repair or replacement on SolarEdge, SMA, Fronius, Growatt, Solis, SolaX and other makes.
Servicing and battery storage in Reading
An annual health check that catches faults early, and battery storage added to the panels you already have. See what a solar battery costs.
Panels dusty or covered in bird droppings? See solar panel cleaning and solar panel bird proofing. Not sure what the fault is? Start with solar panel repair. Useful guides: why solar panels stop working, our solar panel maintenance checklist and how long solar inverters last.
Areas of Reading we cover
Where we work in and around Reading.
Our engineers work across the whole RG postcode area — RG1 to RG6 across the town from Caversham and Tilehurst to Earley and Whitley, RG7 to RG10 out to Theale, Pangbourne and Twyford, RG40 and RG41 for Wokingham, RG42 and RG12 for Bracknell, RG14 to RG20 for Newbury and Thatcham, and RG21 to RG29 for Basingstoke. If your district isn’t listed, tell us the postcode and we’ll confirm cover.
- Caversham
- Emmer Green
- Tilehurst
- Calcot
- Southcote
- Whitley
- Earley
- Lower Earley
- Woodley
- Sonning
- Twyford
- Theale
- Pangbourne
- Wokingham
- Winnersh
- Bracknell
- Crowthorne
- Newbury
- Thatcham
- Basingstoke
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Solar in Reading
Reading’s bus depot is getting the town centre’s biggest solar array.
In May 2026 the BBC reported that Reading Community Energy Society is to fit 609 community-owned solar panels to the roof of the Reading Buses depot in Great Knollys Street, a £207,000 scheme run with Reading Borough Council and Reading Buses. Once complete it will be the biggest solar power plant in Reading town centre, generating enough to power about 80 homes; the electricity will supply the depot, with any surplus sold to the National Grid, and local residents can invest as shareholders. The society has already installed community solar at 23 sites across Reading over the past decade, including council buildings and the university.
If you are one of the Reading households in Caversham, Tilehurst or Whitley whose panels went in during the feed-in tariff years, the question now is whether they still produce what they should. A service will tell you, and if you would rather keep your surplus than export it, battery storage is worth a look.
Source: Bus depot set for 600 community-owned solar panels, BBC News, 26 May 2026.
Our work
Real jobs by our own engineers.
Photos from L&R jobs, each labelled with the place and year.
Why L&R
What you get from L&R in Reading.
We know Reading roofs
Reading’s solar sits on the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of east Reading and Caversham, the 1930s semis of Tilehurst and Southcote, the post-war estates at Whitley and Southcote, and the big 1980s and 90s developments at Lower Earley, Woodley and Calcot, which are some of the largest private estates in Europe and full of well-oriented modern roofs. The Thames Valley is inland, mild and fairly dry, so it is kind to solar; what we find most is dust off the M4 and the town’s many trees shading lower rows. Many of the systems we’re called to were fitted in the feed-in tariff years and are now on their original inverter.
Our own engineers
The engineer who comes to your home in Reading works for us. We don’t use subcontractors.
A clear written quote
You get a clear written quote before any work starts, on a new system or on any installer’s existing one.
Questions
The things people ask before they ring.
Not answered here? Call 0800 156 0191, Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm.
Do you cover Caversham, Tilehurst, Earley and Wokingham?
Yes. Our engineers cover the whole of Reading and Berkshire, from Wokingham and Bracknell to Newbury and Basingstoke. Call 0800 156 0191 or tell us your postcode in the fault finder and we’ll confirm cover.
My Reading installer has stopped trading. Can you still look after my system?
Yes. We repair and service systems fitted by any installer, including installers who are no longer trading, and we work on any make of panel, inverter or battery. See solar panel repair and inverter repair.
Can you add a battery to the solar panels I already have?
Yes. We add battery storage to existing systems in Reading, including systems fitted by other installers. An engineer checks the inverter and the array first so you get the right battery for the system, then a clear written quote. See battery storage.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you need in Reading.
We’ll call you back to talk it through, and you get a clear written quote before any work starts. Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm.