Areas we cover · South West · Dorset
Solar panels in Dorset — installed, repaired and serviced by one team
From Bournemouth and Poole to Dorchester, Weymouth, Bridport, Blandford and Shaftesbury, our own engineers install solar PV and battery systems across Dorset, and repair and service systems fitted by any installer. We install our own systems and repair everyone else’s, so we know exactly how they fail.
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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What we do in Dorset
Installs, repairs and servicing across the DT and BH postcodes.
The same engineers and the same clear written quote, whether it’s a new system or one that went on in 2011.
Solar panel installation in Dorset
New solar PV, with or without a battery, surveyed and fitted by our own MCS certified engineers.
Solar panel repair in Dorset
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 Dorset
A red light, an error code or a blank screen. Same-week repair or replacement on SolarEdge, SMA, Fronius, Growatt, Solis, SolaX and other makes.
Servicing and battery storage in Dorset
An annual health check that catches faults early, and battery storage added to the panels you already have. See what a solar battery costs.
Salt and gulls on a coastal roof, or moss on a shaded one? 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 Dorset we cover
Where we work across Dorset.
Our engineers work across the whole county — the BH postcodes for Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Wimborne and Ferndown (see our Bournemouth page), and DT1 to DT11 for Dorchester, Weymouth, Portland, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Sherborne, Blandford, Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Sturminster Newton — plus the Purbecks through Wareham and Swanage. If your town isn’t listed, tell us the postcode and we’ll confirm cover.
- Bournemouth
- Poole
- Christchurch
- Wimborne
- Ferndown
- Verwood
- Wareham
- Swanage
- Dorchester
- Weymouth
- Portland
- Bridport
- Lyme Regis
- Beaminster
- Sherborne
- Blandford Forum
- Shaftesbury
- Gillingham
- Sturminster Newton
- Wool
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Solar in Dorset
Dorset Council is helping homeowners buy solar and batteries together.
In August 2026 Dorset Council opened a new round of its Switch Together solar scheme with the group-buying company of the same name. Homeowners and businesses anywhere in the Dorset Council area could register free of charge, receive an offer for solar panels and battery storage from vetted installers, and decide with no obligation whether to go ahead, with a refundable deposit only taken on acceptance. The council says last year’s round helped more than 200 households cut their energy bills, and this round’s registration ran through to late September 2026.
If you already went solar in an earlier round, or under the feed-in tariff a decade ago, the question now is whether the system still does what it did in year one. A service will tell you, and if the panels are fine but you export most of what you make, adding battery storage to an existing array is often a better next step than new panels.
Source: Dorset Council launches solar and battery programme for homeowners and businesses, Dorset Council, 17 August 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 Dorset.
We know Dorset roofs
Dorset has some of the highest sunshine hours in Britain, so a well-placed array here should earn its keep. The county is two places for solar. The conurbation in the east — Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch — is Edwardian villas, 1930s semis and bungalows, with salt, sand and gulls off the coast. The rest is small towns and villages: stone and brick cottages in Sherborne and Beaminster, a good number of them thatched or listed, Purbeck stone roofs around Swanage, and post-war and modern estates around Dorchester and Weymouth. Listed buildings and the county’s many conservation areas need a check on what is allowed before anything is ordered, and thatch needs a different approach altogether. 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 Dorset 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 Dorchester, Weymouth, Bridport and Sherborne?
Yes. Our engineers cover the whole of Dorset, from the Bournemouth conurbation to Weymouth, Bridport and Lyme Regis in the west and Shaftesbury and Gillingham in the north. Call 0800 156 0191 or tell us your postcode in the fault finder and we’ll confirm cover.
My installer in Dorset 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 solar panel servicing.
Can I put solar panels on a listed cottage or a thatched roof?
Sometimes. A listed building needs listed building consent for any panels, and a conservation area may restrict street-facing slopes; our engineer looks at the roof and tells you what is likely to be allowed before you commit. Thatch is not suitable for roof-mounted panels, but a ground-mounted array or panels on an outbuilding are often the answer. See solar panel installations.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you need in Dorset.
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.