Areas we cover · South West · Exeter
Solar panels in Exeter — installed, repaired and serviced by one team
Across Exeter — Heavitree and St Leonard’s, Pennsylvania and Pinhoe, Whipton and Exwick, St Thomas and Alphington, down the estuary to Topsham and out to Cranbrook, Exmouth, Crediton and Cullompton — our own engineers install solar PV and battery systems, 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.
MCS certified
NAPIT registered
TrustMark approved
Fully insured
England, Wales & southern Scotland
What we do in Exeter
Solar panel installers for Exeter and the EX postcodes.
Whether the system is two years old or fifteen, you deal with our own engineers and get a clear written quote.
Solar panel installation in Exeter
New solar PV, surveyed and fitted by our own MCS certified engineers, with a battery if you want one.
Solar panel repair in Exeter
We find out why the system has stopped or dropped, and put it right, whoever fitted it.
Inverter repair in Exeter
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 Exeter
A yearly health check of the panels, inverter, isolators and wiring, and storage added to an existing array or fitted with new panels. See what a solar battery costs.
Pigeons nesting under the panels on a Heavitree or St Thomas terrace? 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 Exeter we cover
Where we work in and around Exeter.
Our engineers work across EX1 and EX4 in the north and east of the city — Heavitree, Polsloe, Whipton, Pinhoe, Pennsylvania, St David’s, Stoke Hill and Exwick — EX2 through Newtown, St Leonard’s, Wonford, Countess Wear, St Thomas and Alphington, and EX3 for Topsham. Beyond the city we cover Cranbrook and the villages in EX5, Exminster and Kenton in EX6, Exmouth (EX8), Dawlish (EX7), Crediton (EX17) and Cullompton (EX15), and the rest of Devon. If your street isn’t listed, tell us the postcode and we’ll confirm cover.
- Heavitree
- Polsloe
- Whipton
- Pinhoe
- Pennsylvania
- St David’s
- Stoke Hill
- Exwick
- St Thomas
- Alphington
- Newtown
- St Leonard’s
- Wonford
- Countess Wear
- Topsham
- Cranbrook
- Exminster
- Exmouth
- Dawlish
- Crediton
- Cullompton
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Solar in Exeter
The University of Exeter is adding thousands more solar panels.
In June 2025 the University of Exeter said thousands of solar panels were being installed, including 1,800 on land near Duryard Halls of Residence. Once completed, they should take total solar generation on its Exeter campuses to 4.1 gigawatt-hours a year, equivalent to the power used by 1,500 households and about 15% of the University’s annual requirements, saving 840 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year. Panels are already on the roofs of 19 University buildings, including new arrays on the Physics building, Richards building and Holland Hall, with more planned on buildings, car park canopies and unused land. Head of Carbon and Energy Andy Seaman said: “We are investing in sustainable initiatives to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and provide energy security for our campuses.”
As its generation grows, the University says it will look at managing demand, potentially with battery storage. The same thinking works on a semi in Pennsylvania or a terrace in Heavitree: panels make most around midday, and most homes use their power in the evening. Battery storage moves that surplus into the evening, and if an older array has gone quiet, inverter repair is usually the fix.
Source: New solar panels as University of Exeter continues green transition, University of Exeter, 21 June 2025.
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 Exeter.
We know Exeter roofs
Exeter’s roofs follow the way the city grew. Around Southernhay and St Leonard’s there are Georgian terraces and Regency villas, many inside conservation areas, so we check before anything goes up. Heavitree, Newtown, Polsloe and St Thomas are mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraces under slate, with chimney stacks and rear offshoots that decide how many panels fit. Whipton, Beacon Heath and Exwick have post-war estates with simpler roofs that usually take a full array, and Pinhoe, Alphington and Cranbrook have newer homes. Exeter is a city of hills, so roofs in Pennsylvania and Stoke Hill face every direction, and down the estuary in Topsham, damp salt air off the Exe works on frames, clamps and connectors.
Our own engineers
The engineer who comes to your home in Exeter 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 Exmouth, Crediton, Cullompton and Cranbrook?
Yes. Our engineers cover the whole city — Heavitree, Pinhoe, Whipton, Pennsylvania, Exwick, St Thomas, Alphington, St Leonard’s and Topsham — and out to Cranbrook, Exminster, Exmouth, Dawlish, Crediton and Cullompton, plus the rest of Devon. Call 0800 156 0191 or tell us your postcode in the fault finder and we’ll confirm cover.
Will you repair a system in Exeter that another company installed?
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 I have solar panels on a house in one of Exeter’s conservation areas?
Often, yes, but it depends on the roof and whether the building is listed. Older parts of the city, such as Southernhay, St Leonard’s and Topsham, include conservation areas, where panels on a roof slope that faces the street can need planning permission, and a listed building needs listed building consent. We check this before the survey and tell you where you stand, and every solar panel install is by our own MCS certified engineers. See solar panel installations.
Ready when you are
Solar not doing what it should in Exeter? Tell us.
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.