Tagged: buying guide

Not all "25-year warranty" claims mean the same thing. Here's how to read panel, inverter and workmanship warranties before you sign a solar quote.

Ducted systems heat and cool a whole home from one hidden unit; splits do it room by room. The right call depends on your ceiling space, your budget and how you actually use your rooms.

A 22% efficient panel isn't automatically better than a 20% one for your roof. It matters most when roof space is tight and barely matters at all when it isn't.

A licence to do general electrical work isn't the same as experience assessing a switchboard for a 32A EV circuit. Here's what to check before you accept a quote.

A one-page quote listing only total system size and price is missing almost everything that determines whether the install is any good. Here's the itemised detail a real quote actually includes.

A correctly sized heat pump and an oversized one can look identical on the invoice. The difference shows up in your running costs for the next fifteen years, so the sizing method the installer uses matters more than the brand.

An R-value on a product label describes the material, not necessarily how it performs once installed. The questions that matter are about installed performance, not the number on the bag.