Areas we cover · South West · Truro
Solar panels in Truro — installed, repaired and serviced by one team
Across Truro — the city centre, Kenwyn, Tregolls, Gloweth and Threemilestone — and out to Chacewater, Shortlanesend, Probus, Penryn and Falmouth, 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.
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England, Wales & southern Scotland
What we do in Truro
Solar panel installers across Truro’s TR 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 Truro
New solar PV, surveyed and fitted by our own MCS certified engineers, with a battery if you want one.
Solar panel repair in Truro
We find out why the system has stopped or dropped, and put it right, whoever fitted it.
Inverter repair in Truro
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 Truro
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.
Gulls nesting under the panels on a Truro terrace, or salt haze on a Feock roof? 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 Truro we cover
Where we work in and around Truro.
Our engineers work across TR1 — the city centre, Kenwyn, Tregolls and Gloweth — TR2 out to Probus, Grampound and Tregony, TR3 through Threemilestone, Carnon Downs, Playing Place, Devoran and Feock, and TR4 for Chacewater, Shortlanesend and Idless. West and south we cover Penryn (TR10) and Falmouth and Mylor Bridge (TR11), and east St Austell (PL25), with the rest of Cornwall beyond. If your street isn’t listed, tell us the postcode and we’ll confirm cover.
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Solar in Truro
Cornwall Council has put the county’s biggest solar canopy over its Truro headquarters.
In October 2024 the installation of Cornwall’s biggest solar canopy was reported to be nearing completion at Cornwall Council’s New County Hall in Truro. The 543 new panels cover the visitors’ and council pool vehicle car parks and are expected to generate around 200,000 kWh a year, equivalent to powering 74 homes. That supplies a third of the offices’ energy needs, and the 230-kilowatt scheme will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 tonnes of carbon a year. It follows panels on the building’s roof that supply a quarter of its energy. Cabinet member Cllr Martyn Alvey said: “This is Cornwall’s largest solar canopy and a flagship scheme in our ambitious programme to increase our renewable energy and decarbonise our council buildings.”
A canopy over a car park does on a big scale what a house roof does: make power in the day and use it on site. If your panels in Kenwyn, Threemilestone or Probus went up years ago, a service shows whether they are still producing what they should, and battery storage lets you keep the daytime surplus for the evening.
Source: Cornwall Council headquarters nears completion of vast solar panel fit, Voice Newspapers, 30 October 2024.
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 Truro.
We know Truro roofs
Truro is a cathedral city built on hills, and its roofs show it. The centre is Georgian and Victorian, from Lemon Street and Walsingham Place to the streets around the cathedral, with slate roofs, chimneys and a conservation area that can limit panels on a front slope, while the terraces climbing Kenwyn and Tregolls have steep pitches and rear extensions that decide how many panels fit. Out at Threemilestone, Gloweth and Shortlanesend the houses are newer and simpler and usually take a full array. Mild, wet Atlantic weather, salt up the Fal creeks at Devoran and Feock, and wind on the exposed ridges are hard on clamps, frames and connectors.
Our own engineers
The engineer who comes to your home in Truro 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 Falmouth, Penryn, Probus and St Austell?
Yes. Our engineers cover the whole of Truro — the city centre, Kenwyn, Tregolls, Gloweth and Threemilestone — and out to Chacewater, Shortlanesend, Probus, Penryn, Falmouth and St Austell. Call 0800 156 0191 or tell us your postcode in the fault finder and we’ll confirm cover.
Will you repair a system in Truro 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 fit solar panels on a house in Truro’s conservation area?
Sometimes. Truro has a conservation area covering the centre around the cathedral, and some of the Georgian buildings in it are listed, so panels on a front slope can need consent and a listed building needs listed building consent. We check what is likely to be allowed before the survey, and a rear slope, an extension or an outbuilding is often the answer. Truro is in National Grid Electricity Distribution’s area, and we check the connection rules before we quote. See solar panel installations.
Ready when you are
Solar not doing what it should in Truro? 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.